Bavay's Giant Gecko
Mniarogekko chahoua
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Diplodactylidae
Mniarogekko chahoua est une espèce de geckos de la famille des Diplodactylidae. Répartition Cette espèce est endémique de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Elle se rencontre dans le centre et le sud de la Grande Terre et à l'île des Pins.
Mniarogekko chahoua, commonly known as the mossy New Caledonian gecko, short-snouted New Caledonian gecko, Bavay's giant gecko, mossy prehensile-tailed gecko, or simply the chahoua gecko (especially in the pet trade) is an arboreal gecko found natively on the southern portion of the island of New Caledonia and on the outlying islands of Île des Pins. Conservation status Mniarogekko chahoua is currently listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. Taxonomy and systematics Mniarogekko chahoua was first described in 1869 as Platydactylus chahoua by Arthur Bavay, a French pharmacist and…
Mniarogekko chahoua es una especie de gecko de la familia Diplodactylidae. Es endémica de Nueva Caledonia. Tiene un cuerpo grueso, pero una cola relativamente delgada, los colores varían (gris, verde claro, blanco, rojo, marrón), pero por lo general están pintados.
Distribution
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