The giant bronze gecko (''Ailuronyx trachygaster'') is a species 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 ...
in the family
Gekkonidae endemic to
Seychelles.
Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical dry
forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
Fauna of Seychelles
Ailuronyx
Endemic fauna of Seychelles
Reptiles described in 1851
Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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