Urocotyledon weileri

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Urocotyledon
Species: Urocotyledon weileri
Name

Urocotyledon weileri (Müller, 1909)
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Urocotyledon weileri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 January 2020.
LeBreton, M. 2010. IUCN: Urocotyledon weileri (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178610A7580772. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178610A7580772.en

Vernacular names
English: Weiler's Gecko

Weiler's gecko (Urocotyledon weileri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, weileri, is in honor of Justus Weiler who collected the holotype in Cameroon.[3][4]
Habitat

The natural habitat of U. weileri is forest.[1]
Reproduction

U. weileri is oviparous.[2]
References

Chirio, L. (2021). "Urocotyledon weileri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178610A126472622. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178610A126472622.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Urocotyledon weileri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
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. (Urocotyledon weileri, p. 281).

Lindholm WA (1905). "Beschreibung einer neuen Schlangenart (Dipsadophidium weileri nov. gen. et nov. sp.)". Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 58: 183-187. (in German).

Further reading

Chirio, Laurent; LeBreton, Matthew (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (in French).
Kluge AG (1983). "Cladistic Relationships among Gekkonid Lizards". Copeia 1983 (2): 465–475. (Urocotyledon weileri, new combination).
Müller L (1909). "Vorläufige Mitteilung über ein neues Chamäleon und ein neuen Gecko aus Kamerun ". Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 62: 111–115. (Diplodactylus weileri, new species, pp. 113–115). (in German).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Urocotyledon weileri, p. 119). (in German).