Gekko browni (RUSSELL, 1979)
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Brown's (Wolf) Gecko, Brown’s Fringe Gecko G: Browns Haftzehergecko |
Synonym | Luperosaurus browni RUSSELL 1979 Luperosaurus browni — KLUGE 1993 Luperosaurus serraticaudus OTA, SENGOKU & HIKIDA 1996 Luperosaurus browni — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 243 Luperosaurus browni — BROWN et al. 2000 Luperosaurus browni — GRISMER 2011 Luperosaurus browni — GRISMER & QUAH 2019 Gekko (Sundagekko) browni — WOOD et al. 2019 Gekko (Lomatodactylus) browni — WOOD et al. 2020 |
Distribution | W Malaysia (Selangor, Palau Tioman), Singapore Type locality: Ulu Gombak forest reserve, 35 km north of Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, West Malaysia. Type locality: Malaysia, Sarawak (Borneo), Lambir National Park [serraticaudus]. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: FMNH 185106 Holotype: KUZ 12835 [serraticaudus] |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Synonymy: Luperosaurus serraticaudus was described by OTA et al. (1996) on the basis of a single specimen and later synoymized with L. browni by BROWN et al. (2000). |
Etymology | Named after WaIter Creighton Brown (1913-2002), a herpetologist who specialized in the herpetofauna of the South Pacific and the Philippines. He received his doctorate from Stanford (1955) and went to Silliman University, Philippines, as a Fulbright Professor of Sciences. |
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