Lygodactylus blancae

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Lygodactylus blancae
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. blancae
Binomial name
*Lygodactylus blancae* G. Pasteur, 1995

Lygodactylus blancae is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, blancae, is in honor of French geneticist Françoise Blanc.^[3]

The natural habitat of L. blancae is unknown. It has been found in villages at altitudes of 950–1,350 m (3,120–4,430 ft).^[1]

L. blancae is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Randrianantoandro, J.C.; Vences, M. (2011). "Lygodactylus blancae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172767A6913938. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172767A6913938.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Lygodactylus blancae 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. (Lygodactylus blancae, p. 26).

Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
Mezzasalma M, Andreone F, Aprea G, Glaw F, Odierna G, Guarino FM (2016). "Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and chromosome evolution of Malagasy dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Zoologica Scripta 46: 42–54.
Pasteur G (1995). "Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lézards Lygodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Dumerilia 2: 1–21. (Lygodactylus blancae, new species). (in French).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste de rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Gekkotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus blancae, p. 92). (in German).

Taxon identifiers
Lygodactylus blancae	Wikidata: Q1626357 Wikispecies: Lygodactylus blancae ADW: Lygodactylus_blancae BOLD: 459932 CoL: 3WQ35 EoL: 793988 GBIF: 2446693 iNaturalist: 34299 IRMNG: 10358627 ITIS: 818852 IUCN: 172767 NCBI: 301841 Observation.org: 101125 Open Tree of Life: 43342 RD: blancae

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