Matoatoa brevipes is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Matoatoa |
| Species: | M. brevipes
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| Matoatoa brevipes (Mocquard, 1900)
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Geographic range
editM. brevipes is found along the southwestern coast of Madagascar.[1]
Habitat
editM. brevipes is found in hollow tree branches within dry open spiny forest.[1]
Behavior
editM. brevipes is a nocturnal species.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P. (2011). "Matoatoa brevipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172954A6947727. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172954A6947727.en. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ "Matoatoa brevipes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Mocquard F (1900). "Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 6: 345–348. (Phyllodactylus brevipes, new species, p. 346). (in French).
- Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (186): 1–26. (Matoatoa brevipes, new combination, p. 2).
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