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Kalimantan Flap-legged Gecko
Luperosaurus yasumai
Luperosaurus yasumai is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Indonesian Borneo. The species is named in honor of Shigeki Yasuma, a Japanese biologist who has contributed to research and conservation of wildlife in Borneo.
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Description
L. yasumai shares a close resemblance to Luperosaurus joloensis and Luperosaurus palawanensis. It has a few distinctions from its relatives in that it has fewer scansors on its seventh toe and it has a more depressed tail. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length of about 4 cm (1.6 in).
In human culture
The specific name, yasumai, is in honor of Shigeki Yasuma, a Japanese biologist who has contributed to research and conservation of wildlife in Borneo.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 34325.