Vankampen's gecko (Nactus vankampeni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Nactus |
| Species: | N. vankampeni
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| Nactus vankampeni (Brongersma, 1933)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, vankampeni, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen.[3]
Geographic range
editOn the island of New Guinea, N. vankampeni is found in Indonesia and northeastern Papua New Guinea.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of N. vankampeni is forest.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Tallowin, O.; Oliver, P. (2015). "Nactus vankampeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T13484111A13484119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13484111A13484119.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Nactus vankampeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Nactus vankampeni, p. 272).
Further reading
edit- Brongersma L (1933). "A new Gecko of the Genus Gymnodactylus from New Guinea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Tenth Series 11: 252–253. (Gymnodactylus vankampeni, new species).
- Jackman TR, Bauer AM, Greenbaum E (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of Geckos of the genus Nactus and their relatives (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Acta Herpetologica 3 (1): 1–18.
- Rösler H, Glaw F, Günther R (2005). "Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983 ". Gekkota 5: 33–64. (Nactus vankampeni, p. 48). (in German, with an abstract in English).