Brooks's wolf gecko

Brooks's wolf gecko (Luperosaurus brooksii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.[1]

Brooks's wolf gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Luperosaurus
Species:
L. brooksii
Binomial name
Luperosaurus brooksii
(Boulenger, 1920)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gecko brooksii
    Boulenger, 1920
  • Luperosaurus brooksii
    — Russell, 1979

Etymology

The specific name, brooksii, is in honor of British metallurgical chemist Cecil Joslin Brooks, who collected natural history specimens in Borneo and Sumatra.[2]

Reproduction

L. brooksii is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Luperosaurus brooksii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Luperosaurus brooksi [sic]", p. 40).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1920). "Descriptions of a new Gecko and a new Snake from Sumatra". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 5: 281–283. (Gecko brooksii, new species, pp. 281–282).
  • Russell AP (1979). "A New Species of Luperosaurus (Gekkonidae) with Comments on the Genus". Herpetologica 35 (3): 282–288. (Luperosaurus brooksii, new combination).



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