| Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Gekko |
| Species: | G. iskandari
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| Binomial name | |
| Gekko iskandari | |
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Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko (Gekko iskandari), also known commonly as Iskandar's wolf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sulawesi.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, iskandari, is in honour of Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahono Iskandar.[2][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. iskandari is forest.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b c Brown, R.; Ineich, I. (2010). "Gekko iskandari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178412A7541661. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178412A7541661.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Gekko iskandari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Luperosaurus iskandari, p. 131).
Further reading
- Brown, Rafe M.; Supriatna, Jatna; Ota, Hidetoshi (2000). "Discovery of a New Species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus, and Comments on the Status of Luperosaurus serraticaudus ". Copeia 2000 (1): 191–209. (Luperosaurus iskandari, new species).
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