Blaesodactylus ambonihazo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Blaesodactylus
Species:

Blaesodactylus ambonihazo Bauer, Glaw, Gehring & Vences, 2011: 60

Holotype: ZSM 469/2001 (field number MV 2001-340), adult ♂, collected by M. Vences, D. Vieites, G. García, V. Raherisoa and A. Rasoamamonjinirina on 26 February 2001.
Type locality: “Ankarafantsika National Park (Ampijoroa), Mahajanga Province, northwestern Madagascar (16°18’S, 46°49’E, 173 m above sea level)”.
Paratypes (n=5): ZSM 470/2001 (field number MV 2001-341), subadult/adult ♂, ZSM 471/2001 (field number MV 2001-345), adult ♀, both with same data as holotype; ZFMK 51141, collected by F.W. Henkel and J. Sameit in 1988-1989; ZFMK 52290, collected by F.W. Henkel and W. Schmidt without precise collecting date; ZFMK 55257, collected by F.W. Henkel, without precise collecting date, three adult specimens probably all ♀s, from “Ankarafantsika, Mahajanga Province, northwestern Madagascar”.

Bauer, A.M., Glaw, F., Gehring, P.-S. & Vences, M. 2011. New Species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ankarafantsika National Park in north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa 2942(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2942.1.2 Reference page.