Gekko shibatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Gekko |
| Species: | G. shibatai
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Etymology edit
The specific name, shibatai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Yasuhiko Shibata.[3]
Geographic range edit
G. shibatai is found in the Tokara Group of the Ryukyu Islands. The type locality is Takarajima Island.[2]
Habitat edit
Description edit
G. shibatai lacks distinct preanal pores even in the adult male.[4]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Gekko shibatai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T96251742A96251746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96251742A96251746.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Gekko shibatai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gekko shibatai, p. 242).
- ^ Toda et al. (2008).
Further reading edit
- Shibaike Y, Takahashi Y, Arikura I, Iiizumi R, Kitakawa S, Sakai M, Imaoka C, Shiro H, Tanaka H, Akakubo N, Nakano M, Ohne K, Kubota S, Kohno S, Ota H (2009). "Chromosome Evolution in the Lizard Genus Gekko (Gekkonidae, Squamata, Reptilia) in the East Asian Islands". Cytogenetic and Genome Research 127: 182–190.
- Toda M, Sengoku S, Hikida T, Ota H (2008). "Description of Two New Species of the Genus Gekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Tokara and Amami Island Groups in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan". Copeia 2008 (2): 452–466. (Gekko shibatai, new species).