Lygodactylus blancae

Lygodactylus blancae is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Lygodactylus blancae
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. blancae
Binomial name
Lygodactylus blancae G. Pasteur, 1995

Etymology

The specific name, blancae, is in honor of French geneticist Françoise Blanc.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of L. blancae is unknown. It has been found in villages at altitudes of 950–1,350 m (3,120–4,430 ft).[1]

Reproduction

L. blancae is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Randrianantroando JC, Vences M (2011). "Lygodactylus blancae". The IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172767A6913938. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK,2011-2.RLTS.T172767A6913938.en. Downloaded on 19 June 2020.
2. Lygodactylus blancae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. 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).

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).