Blaesodactylus boivini

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Blaesodactylus
Species: B. boivini
Name

Blaesodactylus boivini Duméril, 1856

Type locality: Madagascar.
Synonyms

Homopholis boivini Glaw & Vences, 1994: 274

References

Duméril, 1856. Description des reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle et remarques sur la classification et les charactères des reptiles. Archives du Muséum Hist. Nat. Paris, 8: 438—588.
Blaesodactylus boivini at the New Reptile Database

Distribution

N Madagascar, Islands St. Marie, Nossi Be = Nosy Bé (Antseranana)

Vernacular names
English: Madagascar Velvet Gecko

Blaesodactylus boivini is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, boivini, is in honor of French botanist Louis Hyacinthe Boivin.[2][3]
Geographic range

B. boivini is found in northern Madagascar.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. boivini is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 563 m (1,847 ft).[1]

Reproduction

B. boivini is oviparous.[2]

References

Raxworthy, C.J.; Bora, P.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rafanomezantsoa, J.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A. (2011). "Blaesodactylus boivini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172972A6950776. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172972A6950776.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Blaesodactylus boivini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2021.

Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Blaesodactylus boivini, p. 31).

Further reading

Duméril, Auguste [Henri André] (1856). "Description des Reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la Collection du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle et Remarques sur la Classification et les Caractères des Reptiles. Deuxième Mémoire ... (Geckotiens, Varaniens et Iguaniens) ". Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 8: 437-588. (Platydactylus boivini, new species, pp. 454–455 + Plate XVIII, figures 2, 2a, 2b). (in French).
Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-01-3.
Kluge AG, Nussbaum RA (1995). "A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata)". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (183): 1-20.
Mocquard F (1895). "Sur les reptiles recueillis a Madagascar de 1867 a 1885 par M[onsieur]. Grandidier ". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7: 93-111. (Blæsodactylus boivini, new combination, p. 94). (in French).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Blaesodactylus boivini, p. 61). (in German).