The Leopold dtella (''Gehyra leopoldi'') is a
species
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of
gecko, a
lizard in the
family
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Gekkonidae
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. The species is
endemic
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to
Southeast Asia
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and
Oceania
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.
Etymology
The
specific name ''leopoldi'', is in honor of
Leopold III, King of the Belgians.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Gehyra leopoldi'', p. 155).]
Geographic range
''G. leopoldi'' is found in
Indonesia
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and
New Guinea
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.
Reproduction
''G. leopoldi'' is
oviparous.
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References
Further reading
* Brongersma, Leo (1930). "''Sur un Geckonidae nouveau, ''Gehyra leopoldi, nov. sp.'', de la Nouvelle-Guinée'' ". ''Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique'' 6 (11): 1–3. (''Gehyra leopoldi'', new species). (in French).
*Chrapliwy, Pete S.; Smith, Hobart M.; Grant, Chapman (1961). "Systematic Status of the Geckonid Lizard Genera ''Gehyra'', ''Peropus'', *''Hoplodactylus'' and ''Naultinus'' ". ''Herpetologica'' 17 (1): 5–12. (''Peropus leopoldi'', new combination).
*Rösler, Herbert; Glaw, Frank; Günther, Rainer (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. (in German, with an abstract in English).
Gehyra
Reptiles described in 1930
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