Matoatoa spannringi is a species of gecko part of the lizard 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. spannringi
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Etymology
editThe specific name, spannringi, honors botanist Jürgen Spannring, who collected the holotype.[2]
Geographic range
editM. spannringi is found in southeastern Madagascar.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of M. spannringi is the forest, at an altitude of 600 m (2,000 ft).[1]
Description
editM. spannringi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.8 cm (2.3 in).[3]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P.; Jenkins, R.J. (2013). "Matoatoa spannringi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172848A47951550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T172848A47951550.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Matoatoa spannringi, p. 249).
- ^ a b c Matoatoa spannringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
edit- Funnell S, Shrum M, Ellis E, Andreone F (2012). "A new record of the phantom gecko Matoatoa spannringi from Sainte Luce, SE Madagascar augments the species' known range". Herpetology Notes 5: 151–153.
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
- Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (186): 1–26. (Matoatoa spannringi, new species, p. 12).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Matoatoa spannringi, p. 95). (in German).