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Madagascar Velvet Gecko Blaesodactylus boivini

Description

<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option selected="selected" value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaesodactylus_boivini">View on Wikipedia →</a> </h3> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of lizard</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><i><b>Blaesodactylus boivini</b></i> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko" title="Gecko">gecko</a>, a lizard in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gekkonidae" title="Gekkonidae">Gekkonidae</a>. The species is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" title="Specific name (zoology)">specific name</a>, <i>boivini</i>, is in honor of French botanist <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hyacinthe_Boivin" class="extiw" title="es:Louis Hyacinthe Boivin">Louis Hyacinthe Boivin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_range">Geographic range</h2></div> <p><i>B. boivini</i> is found in northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_20_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat">Habitat</h2></div> <p>The preferred natural <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat" title="Habitat">habitat</a> of <i>B. boivini</i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest" title="Forest">forest</a>, at altitudes from sea level to 563 m (1,847 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_20_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2></div> <p><i>B. boivini</i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviparity" title="Oviparity">oviparous</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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cs1">Raxworthy, C.J.; Bora, P.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rafanomezantsoa, J.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A. (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172972/6950776">"<i>Blaesodactylus boivini</i>"</a>. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</a></i>. <b>2011</b>: e.T172972A6950776. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172972A6950776.en">10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172972A6950776.en</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Accessed 7 January 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_%22Bo%22_Crombet-Beolens" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Allen " bo="" crombet-beolens="">Beolens B</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Watkins_(zoologist)" title="Michael Watkins (zoologist)">Watkins M</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Grayson" title="Michael Grayson">Grayson M</a> (2011). <i>The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles</i>. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5">978-1-4214-0135-5</a>. (<i>Blaesodactylus boivini</i>, p. 31).</span> </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Dum%C3%A9ril" title="Auguste Duméril">Duméril, Auguste [Henri André]</a> (1856). "<i>Description des Reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la Collection du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle et Remarques sur la Classification et les Caractères des Reptiles. Deuxième Mémoire ... (Geckotiens, Varaniens et Iguaniens)</i> ". <i>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris</i> <b>8</b>: 437–588. (<i>Platydactylus boivini</i>, new species, pp. 454–455 + Plate XVIII, figures 2, 2a, 2b). (in French).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Glaw" title="Frank Glaw">Glaw F</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Vences" title="Miguel Vences">Vences M</a> (1994). <i>A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition</i>. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3929449-01-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-3929449-01-3">978-3929449-01-3</a>.</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_G._Kluge" title="Arnold G. Kluge">Kluge AG</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Archie_Nussbaum" title="Ronald Archie Nussbaum">Nussbaum RA</a> (1995). "A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata)". <i>Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan</i> (183): 1-20.</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mocquard" title="François Mocquard">Mocquard F</a> (1895). "<i>Sur les reptiles recueillis a Madagascar de 1867 a 1885 par M[onsieur]. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Grandidier" title="Alfred Grandidier">Grandidier</a></i> ". <i>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris</i> <b>7</b>: 93–111. (<i>Blæsodactylus boivini</i>, new combination, p. 94). (in French).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herbert_R%C3%B6sler_(herpetologist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herbert Rösler (herpetologist) (page does not exist)">Rösler H</a> (2000). "<i>Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)</i>". <i>Gekkota</i> <b>2</b>: 28–153. (<i>Blaesodactylus boivini</i>, p. 61). 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4em"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Taxon_identifiers" title="Help:Taxon identifiers">Taxon identifiers</a></div></th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Blaesodactylus boivini</i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2905664" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q2905664">Q2905664</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Blaesodactylus_boivini" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Blaesodactylus boivini">Blaesodactylus boivini</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Diversity_Web" title="Animal Diversity Web">ADW</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Blaesodactylus_boivini/">Blaesodactylus_boivini</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARKive" title="ARKive">ARKive</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.arkive.org/wd/blaesodactylus-boivini/">blaesodactylus-boivini</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_of_Life_Data_System" title="Barcode of Life Data System">BOLD</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=459920">459920</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/LZ7N">LZ7N</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life" title="Encyclopedia of Life">EoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eol.org/pages/795597">795597</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/2447116">2447116</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" 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Common Names

Unknown Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Gekkonidae

Genus: Blaesodactylus

Species: Madagascar Velvet Gecko Blaesodactylus boivini

Conservation Status

native