Urocotyledon weileri (MÜLLER, 1909)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Weiler's Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus weileri MÜLLER 1909: 113 Diplodactylus weileri — LOVERIDGE 1947: 255 Phyllodactylus weileri — WERMUTH 1965: 146 Urocotyledon weileri — KLUGE 1993 Urocotyledon weileri — RÖSLER 2000: 119
Distribution	Cameroon Type locality: Bibundi, Cameroon
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MWNH 491 (= Museum Wiesbaden Naturhistorische Landessammlung)
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (33 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after J. Weiler, who collected reptiles in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) and Cameroon, and gave the collection to Lorenz Müller.
References	Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp. Kluge, A.G. 1983. Cladistic relationships among gekkonid lizards. Copeia 1983 (2): 465-475 - get paper here Köhler, J. & Güsten, R. 2007. Herpetological type specimens in the natural history collections of the museums in Darmstadt and Wiesbaden, Germany. Spixiana 30 (2): 275-288 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here Müller, L. 1909. Vorläufige Mitteilung über ein neues Chamäleon und ein neuen Gecko aus Kamerun. Jahrb. Nassau Ver. Nat., Wiesbaden 62: 111- 115. Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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