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(Redirected from Nactus vankampeni) Species of lizard

Vankampen's gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Nactus
Species: N. vankampeni
Binomial name
Nactus vankampeni
(Brongersma, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Gymnodactylus vankampeni
    Brongersma, 1933
  • Phyllurus vankampeni
    — Underwood, 1954
  • Gymnodactylus (Underwoodisaurus) vankampeni
    — Wermuth, 1965
  • Cyrtodactylus vankampeni
    — W.C. Brown & F.S. Parker, 1973
  • Nactus vankampeni
    — Kluge, 1983

Vankampen's gecko (Nactus vankampeni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea.

Etymology

The specific name, vankampeni, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen.

Geographic range

On the island of New Guinea, N. vankampeni is found in Indonesia and northeastern Papua New Guinea.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of N. vankampeni is forest.

Reproduction

N. vankampeni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Tallowin, O.; Oliver, P. (2015). "Nactus vankampeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T13484111A13484119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13484111A13484119.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Nactus vankampeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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. (Nactus vankampeni, p. 272).

Further reading

  • Brongersma L (1933). "A new Gecko of the Genus Gymnodactylus from New Guinea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Tenth Series 11: 252–253. (Gymnodactylus vankampeni, new species).
  • Jackman TR, Bauer AM, Greenbaum E (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of Geckos of the genus Nactus and their relatives (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Acta Herpetologica 3 (1): 1–18.
  • Rösler H, Glaw F, Günther R (2005). "Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983 ". Gekkota 5: 33–64. (Nactus vankampeni, p. 48). (in German, with an abstract in English).


Taxon identifiers
Nactus vankampeni


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