Ailuronyx trachygaster (DUMÉRIL, 1851)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Yellow Gecko
Synonym	Platydactylus trachygaster DUMÉRIL 1851: 35 Aeluronyx trachygaster — BOULENGER 1885: 194 Ailuronyx trachygaster — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 263 Ailuronyx trachygaster — RÖSLER 2000: 59
Distribution	Seychelles Type locality: see comment
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 6679
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “Very large, adult size (snout-vent length 150-172mm), hatchling 50.8mm SVL (Silhouette island, n=l), egg size 19.9mm (Silhouette island, n=2). Low conical dorsal scales with sparse ridges (18mm-1), dorsal ridge on main dorsal scales; secondary scales visible, flat conical, pitted ventrals, 27-32 scansors and waisted mental. Head and snout proportionately long, feet relatively large, with enlarged toe pads. Deep head. Recorded from Silhouette and Praslin.” (Gerlach 2002) Additional details (2144 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Distribution: The type locality (”Madagascar”) is probably erroneous, and very probably no Ailuronyx occur on Madagascar. Described after a single specimen that may be a form of A. seychellensis from Praslin (BAUER 1990).
References	Bauer, A. M. 1990. Phylogeny and biogeography of the geckos of southern Africa and the islands of the western Indian Ocean: a preliminary analysis. Pp. 274-284 in: Peters, G. and R. Hutterer (eds), Vertebrates in the Tropics. Bonn: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum A. Koenig Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here Brygoo, E. R. 1990. Les types de Gekkonidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 12 (ser. 4) A (3-4), suppl.: 19-141 Duméril, A.M.C. & A. H. A. Duméril 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret, Paris, 224 pp. Gerlach, Justin 2002. The Enigmatic Giant Bronze Gecko, Ailuronyx trachygaster, Part I: Identity. Gekko 3 (1): 29-38 Gerlach, Justin 2004. The Enigmatic Giant Bronze Gecko Ailuronyx trachygaster Part 2: Ecology. Gekko 4 (1): 8-14 Gerlach, Justin 2005. Ailuronyx trachygaster-the Best View Yet! Gekko 4 (2): 31 Gerlach,J. 1999. Notes on some Seychelles reptiles. British Herpetological Society Bulletin (67): 53-60 Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) Pawlowski, S. & Krämer, C. 2009. Zur Herpetologie des Vallée de Mai auf Praslin, Seychellen. Sauria 30 (4): 19-27 [2008] - get paper here Rocha, Sara; Ana Perera, Nancy Bunbury, Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury and David J. Harris 2016. Speciation history and species-delimitation within the Seychelles Bronze geckos, Ailuronyx spp.: molecular and morphological evidence. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, DOI: 10.1111/bij.12895 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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