Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko

Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko (Gekko iskandari), also known commonly as Iskandar's wolf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sulawesi.^[1][2]

Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Gekko
Species:	G. iskandari
Binomial name
Gekko iskandari (R. Brown, Supriatna & Ota, 2000)
Synonyms[2]
Luperosaurus iskandari R. Brown, Supriatna & Ota, 2000 Gekko iskandari — R. Brown et al., 2012 Gekko (Sundagekko) iskandari — Wood et al., 2019 Gekko (Lomatodactylus) iskandari — Wood et al., 2020

Etymology

The specific name, iskandari, is in honour of Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahono Iskandar.^[2][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. iskandari is forest.^[1]

Behavior

G. iskandar is arboreal, living high in the forest canopy.^[1]

Reproduction

G. iskandari is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. Brown, R.; Ineich, I. (2010). "Gekko iskandari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178412A7541661. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178412A7541661.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Gekko iskandari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. 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. (Luperosaurus iskandari, p. 131).

Further reading

• Brown, Rafe M.; Supriatna, Jatna; Ota, Hidetoshi (2000). "Discovery of a New Species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus, and Comments on the Status of Luperosaurus serraticaudus ". Copeia 2000 (1): 191–209. (Luperosaurus iskandari, new species).