Urocotyledon inexpectata (STEJNEGER, 1893)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	Seychelles Surprise Gecko
Synonym	Diplodactylus inexpectatus STEJNEGER 1893: 714 Diplodactylus inexpectatus — LOVERIDGE 1947: 251 Phyllodactylus inexpectatus — WERMUTH 1965: 137 Urocotyledon inexpectata — KLUGE 1993 Urocotyledon inexpectata — RÖSLER 2000: 119
Distribution	Seychelles (Mahe, Praslin, Central Islands) Type locality: Mahé Island, Seychelles.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 20433
Diagnosis
Comment	Type species: Diplodactylus inexpectatus STEJNEGER 1893: 714 is the type species of the genus Urocotyledon KLUGE 1983: 472.
Etymology
References	Gardner, A.S. 1985. An identification key to the geckos of the Seychelles, with brief notes on their distributions and habits. The Herpetological Journal 1(1): 17-19. Kluge, A.G. 1983. Cladistic relationships among gekkonid lizards. Copeia 1983 (2): 465-475 - 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 Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Stejneger, L. 1893. On some collections of reptiles and batrachians from East Africa and the adjacent islands, recently received from Dr. W. L. Abbott and Mr. William Astor Chanler, with descriptions of new species. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 16: 711-741 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Urocotyledon inexpectata - Least Concern, LC National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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