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Perochirus scutellatus (FISCHER, 1882)

IUCN Red List - Perochirus scutellatus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Shielded Tropical Gecko 
SynonymHemidactylus ateles var. scutellatus FISCHER 1882: 299
Perochirus scutellatus — BOULENGER 1885: 156
Perochirus scutellatus — WERMUTH 1965: 125
Perochirus scutellatus — BROWN 1976
Perochirus scutellatus — KLUGE 1993
Perochirus scutellatus — RÖSLER 2000: 101 
DistributionMicronesia: Tetau Island (Carolines) and Greenwich Islands (Kapingamarangi Atoll, State of Pohnpei).

Type locality: Greenwich Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.8.14.76 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. We will relaease that material sometime next year. Please contact us if you need any of this data earlier than that. 
CommentReference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin scutellum (small shield) plus -atus (made of), possibly in reference to the subcaudal scalation. 
References
  • 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
  • Brown, Walter C. 1976. Review of the Genus Perochirus (Gekkonidae). Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. (126): 1-14 - get paper here
  • Buden, Donald W. & Danko Taboroši 2016. Reptiles of the Federated States of Micronesia. Island Research and Education Initiative, 311 pp. - get paper here
  • Fischer, J. G. 1882. Herpetologische Bemerkungen. I. Bemerkungen über einzelne Stücke der Schlangensammlung des kön. Zoologischen Museums in Dresden. . II. Neue Eidechen aus Australien und Polynesien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 48: 281-302 - get paper here
  • Goldberg, S R; 2019. Perochirus scutellatus (Giant Micronesian Gecko) Reproduction. Herpetological Review 50 (1): 143 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Wiles, G.J. 2004. A Record of Perochirus cf. scutellatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands. Micronesica 37 (1):163-166
 
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