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Comoran fish scale gecko
Species of lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Comoran fish scale gecko (Geckolepis humbloti), is a nocturnal species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is endemic to Grande Comore in the Comoros and Madagascar.[1]
Originally described in 1887, this species was synonymized with Geckolepis maculata in 1942. It was later resurrected in 2015, following various subsequent scientific studies and expeditions.[2] Hawlitschek et al. (2015) resurrected G. humbloti when it was determined to be paraphyletic based on DNA data, separating the species from G. maculata once again.[3]
Like the rest of its genus, G. humbloti sheds its skin and scales as a defensive measure, just as many other geckos will shed their tails. These scales typically grow back over the course of several months.
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