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Lygodactylus blancae

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Randrianantoandro, J.C. |author2=Vences, M. |date=2011 |title=Lygodactylus blancae |volume=2011 |page=e.T172767A6913938 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172767A6913938.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Lygodactylus

| species = blancae

| authority = G. Pasteur, 1995

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| range_map = Lygodactylus blancae distribution.png

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Lygodactylus blancae is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.{{NRDB species|genus=Lygodactylus|species=blancae}}

Etymology

The specific name, blancae, is in honor of French geneticist Françoise Blanc.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Lygodactylus blancae, p. 26).

Habitat

The natural habitat of L. blancae is unknown. It has been found in villages at altitudes of {{convert|950|–|1,350|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

L. blancae is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. {{ISBN|978-3929449037}}.
  • Mezzasalma M, Andreone F, Aprea G, Glaw F, Odierna G, Guarino FM (2016). "Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and chromosome evolution of Malagasy dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Zoologica Scripta 46: 42–54.
  • Pasteur G (1995). "Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lézards Lygodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Dumerilia 2: 1–21. (Lygodactylus blancae, new species). (in French).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste de rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Gekkotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus blancae, p. 92). (in German).

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Category:Lygodactylus

Category:Reptiles of Madagascar

Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar

Category:Reptiles described in 1995

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