Lanyu scaly-toed gecko

The Lanyu scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus yami) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Orchid Island (Chinese: 蘭嶼; pinyin: Lán Yǔ), Taiwan.^[1][2]

Lanyu scaly-toed gecko
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lepidodactylus
Species:	L. yami
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus yami Ota [de], 1987

Etymology

The specific name, yami, is in honor of the Yami people, who is the indigenous group to Orchid Island.^[3]

Reproduction

L. yami is oviparous.^[2] It gives birth to a specific number of two attached eggs each time during reproduction.^[4]

References

1. Shang, G.; Zhou, W. (2021). "Lepidodactylus yami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T42483043A42483047. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T42483043A42483047.en. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
2. Lepidodactylus yami at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 March 2024.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidodactylus yami, p. 292).
4. "雅美鱗趾蝎虎, by Biodiversity Database of Taiwan". Biodiversity Database of National Parks of Taiwan. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

Further reading

• Ota H (1987). "A New Species of Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from Lanyu Island, Taiwan". Copeia 1987 (1): 164–169. (Lepidodactylus yami, new species). JSTOR 1446048
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus yami, p. 91). (in German).