Ebenavia maintimainty is a small nocturnal gecko species of the genus Ebenavia native to Madagascar. It is found in a small area of limestone cliffs east of Lake Tsimanampetsotsa on the Mahafaly Plateau. This habitat forms part of the Madagascar spiny thickets ecoregion.
Ebenavia maintimainty | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Ebenavia |
Species: | E. maintimainty
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Binomial name | |
Ebenavia maintimainty Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1998[2]
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References
edit- ^ Bora, P.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Ratsoavina, F. & Raxworthy, C.J. (2011). "Ebenavia maintimainty". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T29416A9495413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T29416A9495413.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Christopher J. Raxworthy 1998. Revision of the genus Ebenavia Boettger (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). Herpetologica 54 (1): 18-34.
External links
edit- "Madagascar spiny thickets". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.