Matoatoa brevipes

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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|status = VU

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Raxworthy, C.J. |author2=Ratsoavina, F. |author3=Rabibisoa, N. |author4=Rakotondrazafy, N.A. |author5=Bora, P. |date=2011 |title=Matoatoa brevipes |volume=2011 |page=e.T172954A6947727 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172954A6947727.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

|genus = Matoatoa

|species = brevipes

|authority = (Mocquard, 1900)

|synonyms = *Phyllodactylus brevipes
Mocquard, 1900

|synonyms_ref ="Matoatoa brevipes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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Matoatoa brevipes is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Geographic range

M. brevipes is found along the southwestern coast of Madagascar.

Habitat

M. brevipes is found in hollow tree branches within dry open spiny forest.

Behavior

M. brevipes is a nocturnal species.

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Further reading

  • Mocquard F (1900). "Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 6: 345–348. (Phyllodactylus brevipes, new species, p. 346). (in French).
  • Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (186): 1–26. (Matoatoa brevipes, new combination, p. 2).

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Category:Matoatoa

Category:Reptiles of Madagascar

Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar

Category:Taxa named by François Mocquard

Category:Reptiles described in 1900

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