Gekko shibatai Toda, Sengoku, Hikida & Ota 2008 articles

Distribution

provided by ReptileDB

Continent: Asia
Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Archipelago)
Type locality: Takarajima Island in the Tokara Group, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.

provided by wikipedia EN

Gekko shibatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands.^[2]

The specific name, shibatai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Yasuhiko Shibata.^[3]

G. shibatai is found in the Tokara Group of the Ryukyu Islands. The type locality is Takarajima Island.^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of G. shibatai, is forest.^[1]

G. shibatai lacks distinct preanal pores even in the adult male.^[4]

G. shibatai is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Gekko shibatai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T96251742A96251746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96251742A96251746.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gekko shibatai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ 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. (Gekko shibatai, p. 242).
^ Toda et al. (2008).

provided by wikipedia EN

Gekko shibatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands.