Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi
Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, also known commonly as Hoogmoed's scaly-eyed gecko and the spotted dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.
| Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Lepidoblepharis |
| Species: | L. hoogmoedi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi Ávila-Pires, 1995 | |
Etymology
The specific name, hoogmoedi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Marinus Steven Hoogmoed (born 1942).[1]
References
- 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. (Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, p. 125).
- Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 February 2019.
Further reading
- Ávila-Pires MCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 299: 1–706. (Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, new species, pp. 294–298, Figures 95–97, 271). (in English, with abstracts in Portuguese and Spanish).
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