Rotuman forest gecko

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| status = PE

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Oliver, P.M. |author2=Fisher, R. |year=2021 |title=Lepidodactylus gardineri |volume=2021 |page=e.T196577A192973261 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T196577A192973261.en |access-date=2 July 2024}}

| genus = Lepidodactylus

| species = gardineri

| authority = Boulenger, 1897

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The Rotuman forest gecko (Lepidodactylus gardineri), also known commonly as the Rotuma forest gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Rotuma Island, Fiji.{{NRDB species|genus=Lepidodactylus|species=gardineri|access-date=24 August 2021}}

Etymology

The specific name, gardineri, is in honor of British zoologist John Stanley Gardiner.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. gardineri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to {{cvt|256|m|ft}}.

Behavior

L. gardineri is arboreal. It is found in dead tree branches, both beneath the bark and in termite galleries.

Reproduction

L. gardineri is oviparous.

References

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{{cite book |last1=Beolens |first1=Bo |author1-link=species:Bo Beolens |last2=Watkins |first2=Michael |author2-link=species:Michael Watkins |last3=Grayson |first3=Michael |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0F758vNQ0UUC&pg=PA97 |date=2011 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore |isbn=978-1-4214-0135-5 |pages=xiii + 296 pp}}(Lepidodactylus gardineri, p. 97).

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