Gekko brooksii BOULENGER, 1920

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Brooks' Wolf Gecko
Synonym	Gekko brooksi BOULENGER 1920: 281 Luperosaurus brooksii — RUSSELL 1979 Luperosaurus brooksii — KLUGE 1993 Luperosaurus brooksi — BROWN et al. 2000 Gekko (Lomatodactylus) brooksi — WOOD et al. 2020
Distribution	Indonesia (Sumatra) Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Benkuelen, Lebong Tandai.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH (presumed, status unclear fide P. Campbell, pers. comm., March 2019).
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Mr. C. J. Brooks, who collected the types.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1920. Description of a new gecko and a new snake from Sumatra. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 5: 281-283. - get paper here Brown, R. M. and A. C. Diesmos 2000. The lizard genus Luperosaurus: taxonomy, history, and conservation prospects for some of the world's rarest lizards. Sylvatrop: Technical Journal of Philippine Ecosystems and Natural Resources 10:107-124. Brown, R.M.; Diesmos, A. C. & Duya, M.V. 2007. A new Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sierra Madre of Luzon Island, Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (1): 167-174 - get paper here Brown, Rafe M., Jatna Supriatna and Hidetoshi Ota. 2000. Discovery of a new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a phylogenetic analysis of the genus, and comments on the status of Luperosaurus serraticaudus. Copeia 2000 (1): 191-209 - get paper here Gaulke, M., H. Rösler & R. M. Brown 2007. A new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Panay Island, Philippines, with comments on the taxonomic status of Luperosaurus cumingii (Grey, 1845). Copeia 2007 (2):413-425 - get paper here Russell A P 1979. A new species of Luperosaurus (Gekkonidae) with comments on the genus. Herpetologica 35 (3): 282-288 - get paper here TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here Wood, P. L., Guo, X., Travers, S. L., Su, Y. C., Olson, K. V., Bauer, A. M., Grismer, L. L., Siler, C. D., Moyle, R. G., Andersen, M. J. and Brown, R. M. 2020. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106731 [corrigendum: MPE 164: 107255] - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Holotype: BMNH 1920.1.16.2 Google images

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