Ebenavia inunguis

Taxobox
name = "Ebenavia inunguis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Sauria
familia = Gekkonidae
subfamilia = Gekkoninae
genus = "Ebenavia"
species = "E. inunguis"
binomial = "Ebenavia inunguis"

The Madagascar Clawless Gecko, "Ebenavia inunguis" (Boettger, 1878), is a small nocturnal species. It is found on the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, the Comores and Pemba island. By day they hide under the bark of big rainforest trees or in leaf litter. Despite their name, females of the species do have claws.

ee also

* "Ebenavia maintimainty", described in 1998.
* Genus Ebenavia

References

Nussbaum, R.A. and C.R. Raxworthy. 1998. Herpetologica 54:18-34

External links

* [http://www.gekkota.com/html/e__inunguis.html A photo of Ebenavia inunguis]
* [http://www.bluechameleon.org/Forum%20Pics%202005/Ebenavia%20inunguis,%20Andasibe.jpgA photo of Ebenavia inunguis from Andasibe, Madagascar]