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Lepidoblepharis miyatai Lamar, 1985:128

Magdalena scaly-eyed gecko

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 12 August 1964 or later

Since rediscovered

IUCN status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

Ancón Guairaca (= Bahia Gairaca= Ensenada de Gayraca), Departamento de Magdalena, Colombia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: UTA-11004 (adult, male)

http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/name/Lepidoblepharis%20miyatai

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Lamar, W. W. (1985). A new Lepidoblepharis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the north coast of Colombia. Herpetologica 41(2): 128-132. [Abstract]

 

Other references:

Montes-Correa, A., Jiménez-Bolaño, J., Medina-Rangel, G., Rivas, G., Granda-Rodríguez, H., Saboyá-Acosta, L., & Renjifo, J. M. (2018). Geographic distribution and habitat use of Lepidoblepharis miyatai (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of the genus in northern Colombia. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology 17(1): 61-72.

Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.

Rösler, H. (2000). Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/20154/lepidoblepharis-miyatai

http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lepidoblepharis&species=miyatai

 

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