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The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ”miyatai”, is in honor of American herpetologist [[Kenneth Ichiro Miyata]] (1951–1983).<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ”The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles”. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (”Lepidoblepharis miyatai”, p. 180).</ref> |
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ”miyatai”, is in honor of American herpetologist [[Kenneth Ichiro Miyata]] (1951–1983).<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ”The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles”. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (”Lepidoblepharis miyatai”, p. 180).</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 12:25, 27 October 2025
Species of lizard
Lepidoblepharis miyatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.
The specific name, miyatai, is in honor of American herpetologist Kenneth Ichiro Miyata (1951–1983).[2]
L. miyatai is found in Magdalena Department, Colombia.[3]
The holotype of L. miyatai has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 20Â mm (0.79Â in) and a broken tail.[3]
Lepidoblepharis miyatai sp. nov. is a unique sphaerodactyline gecko which occurs in dry coastal thorn forest of the Department of Magdalena, northern Colombia. (Lamar, W. W. (1985). A New Lepidoblepharis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the North Coast of Colombia. Herpetologica, 41(2), 128–132.
The reason why there’s not much information on this organism is because it just disappeared for a while and then came back in whole different new area and disappeared again leavening people to think its already extinct.
- Lamar, William W. (1985). “A New Lepidoblepharis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the North Coast of Colombia”. Herpetologica 41 (2): 128–132. (Lepidoblepharis miyatai, new species).
- Montes-Correa, Andrés Camilo; Jiménez-Bolaño, Juan David; Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabián; Rivas, Gilson A.; Granda-RodrÃguez, Hernán D.; Saboyá-Acosta, Liliana P; Renjifo, Juan Manuel (2018). “Geographic distribution and habitat use of Lepidoblepharis miyatai (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of the genus in northern Colombia”. Phyllomedusa 17 (1): 61–72.
