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Ailuronyx tachyscopaeus GERLACH & CANNING, 1996

IUCN Red List - Ailuronyx tachyscopaeus - Near Threatened, NT
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAiluronyx tachyscopaeus GERLACH & CANNING 1996: 40
Ailuronyx seychellensis — HENKEL & ZOBEL 1987: 12 (part.)
Ailuronyx tachyscopaeus — RÖSLER 2000: 59 
DistributionSeychelles (Mahé, Praslin)

Type locality: La Reserve, Mahé.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1994.3109 (by original designation); paratype: BMNH 1907.10.15.54 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Small adult size (up to 84 mm snout-vent length); rostral not contacting nostril; snout tapering gradually; granular scales, small low cones; caudal scales regular, smooth with curved posterior margins; five supraorbital spines, the third directed posteriorly; 13-16 femoro-anal pores (Gerlach & Canning 1996).


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References
  • Gerlach, J. & K. L. CANNING 1996. A new species of the Western Indian Ocean gecko Ailuronyx (Reptilia; Gekkonidae). The Herpetological Journal 6 (2): 37-42. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Henkel, F.W. & Zobel, R. 1987. Zur Kenntnis des Bronzegeckos Ailuronyx seychellensis (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1836). Herpetofauna 9 (51): 12-14 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
 
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