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Uroplatus pietschmanni

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ratsoavina, F. |author2=Glaw, F. |author3=Rafanomezantsoa, J. |author4=Rabibisoa, N. |author5=Rakotondrazafy, N.A. |author6=Jenkins, R.K.B. |date=2020 |title=Uroplatus pietschmanni |volume=2020 |page=e.T172943A177285635 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T172943A177285635.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Uroplatus

| species = pietschmanni

| authority = Böhle & Schönecker, 2003

| range_map = Uroplatus pietschmanni distribution.png

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Uroplatus pietschmanni, known commonly as the cork-bark leaf-tail gecko, the cork bark leaftail gecko, and the spiny leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.{{NRDB species|genus=Uroplatus|species=pietschmanni}} The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, pietschmanni, is in honor of German gecko breeder Jürgen Pietschmann (1949–2005).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}}. (Uroplatus pietschmanni, p. 207).

Geographic range

U. pietschmanni is found in Toamasina Province, Madagascar.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of U. pietschmanni is rainforest at altitudes of {{convert|900|–|1,200|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Description

U. pietschmanni is a medium-sized species for its genus. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|8.1|cm|in|abbr=on}}, and a total length (including tail) of {{convert|13.4|cm|in|abbr=on}}.Böhle & Schönecker (2003).

Reproduction

References

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Further reading

  • Böhle, Andreas; Schönecker, Patrick (2003). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Uroplatus Duméril, 1805 aus Ost-Madagaskar (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae): A new species of the genus Uroplatus from eastern Madasascar". Salamandra, Rheinbach 39 (3/4): 129–138. (Uroplatus pietschmanni, new species). (in German and English).
  • Greenbaum E, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Vences M, Glaw F (2007). "A phylogeny of the enigmatic Madagascan geckos of the genus Uroplatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Zootaxa 1493: 41–51.
  • Ratsoavina FN, Raminosoa NR, Lewis EE Jr, Raselimanana AP, Glaw F, Vences M (2013). "An overview of Madagascar's leaf tailed geckos (genus Uroplatus): species boundaries, candidate species and review of geographical distribution based on molecular data". Salamandra 49 (3): 115–148.

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Category:Uroplatus

Category:Reptiles described in 2003

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