''Luperosaurus macgregori'', known
commonly as MacGregor's wolf gecko or McGregor's flapped-legged gecko, 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 the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
Etymology
The
specific name, ''macgregori'', is in honor of
Richard C. MacGregor of the Science Bureau in
Manila
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, who collected the
holotype
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.
[ Taylor EH (1922). ''Lizards of the Philippine Islands''. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. 269 PP. + Plates 1-22. (''Luperosaurus macgregori'', pp. 87-88).]
Geographic range
''L. macgregori'' is found in the
Calayan Islands in the Philippines.
Reproduction
''L. macgregori'' is
oviparous.
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References
Further reading
* Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Das, Indraneil; Min, Yong (2012). "Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia's rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (''Luperosaurus''), Flying geckos (''Ptychozoon'') and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus ''Gekko'' ". ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 63: 915–921.
* Stejneger L (1907). "A New Geckoid Lizard from the Philippine Islands". ''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'' 33: 545–546. (''Luperosaurus macgregori'', new species).
Luperosaurus
Reptiles of the Philippines
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Reptiles described in 1907
Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger
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