genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of six
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
s,
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
, commonly known as velvet geckos, and formerly considered part of the genus ''
Homopholis''.
Description
The species are generally similar, with small, conical scales on their
dorsal
Dorsal (from Latin ''dorsum'' ‘back’) may refer to:
* Dorsal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location referring to the back or upper side of an organism or parts of an organism
* Dorsal, positioned on top of an aircraft's fuselage
* Dorsal c ...
surfaces, with overall dullish coloration, and a pattern of distinct transverse bands.
Species
The following six species are recognized.
* ''
Blaesodactylus ambonihazo''
Bauer, Glaw, Gehring & Vences, 2011[ Bauer AM, Glaw F, Gehring P-S, Vences M. (2011). "New species of ''Blaseodactylus'' (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ankarafantiska National Park in north-western Madagascar." ''Zootaxa'' 2942: 57-68.]
* ''
Blaesodactylus antongilensis''
( Böhme & Meier Meier may refer to:
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, 1980)
* ''
Blaesodactylus boivini''
( A.M.C. Duméril, 1856)
* ''
Blaesodactylus microtuberculatus''
Jono, Brennan, Bauer & Glaw, 2015
* ''
Blaesodactylus sakalava''
( Grandidier, 1867)
* ''
Blaesodactylus victori''
Iniech, Glaw & Vences, 2016
References
Further reading
*
Boettger O. 1893. ''Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil (Rhynchocephalen, Schildkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons).'' Frankfurt am Main: Gebrüder Knauer. x + 140 pp. (''Blaesodactlus'', new genus, p. 32).
External links
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Oskar Boettger
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