Lepidodactylus buleli

Lepidodactylus buleli
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Species: L. buleli
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus buleli
Ineich, 2006

Lepidodactylus buleli, is a species of gecko endemic to Espiritu Santo, an island in the Vanuatu Archipelago. Researchers from France's National Museum of Natural History, recovered nine eggs during an expedition to the region in 2006. One of the eggs yielded a live hatchling which was determined to be of a previously unknown species.[1]

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