🦎Leopard gecko
O Eublepharis macularius, conhecido vulgarmente por Lagartixa-leopardo, osga-leopardo, ou geco-leopardo (ou leopard gecko, em inglês) é um réptil pertencente à família Gekkonidae. Esse réptil, originário do Oriente Médio (Paquistão, Afeganistão e Irã) e da Índia mede aproximadamente 22 centímetros, podendo alcançar os 27 centímetros e alimenta-se de insetos, como baratas , grilos e tenébrios. Apresenta manchas amarelas, roxas, azuis e pretas na pele, fazendo com que cada membro da espécie seja único. Este lagarto terrestre encontra-se normalmente nas áreas desérticas e montanhosas do Paquistão, oeste da Índia e Afeganistão. Tem entre 1 e 2 ovos por cada postura (Durante o período de reprodução, uma fêmea pode realizar até 5 posturas), acabando por eclodir ao fim de 42 a 84 dias de incubação. Tem um período de vida estimado de aproximadamente 15 anos na natura, já em cativeiro pode passar dos 15, atingindo até 20 anos.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 0.04 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 29 years
Everything we know about the Leopard gecko
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.04 kgrecord 0.11 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Maximum lifespan29 yearsrecord 29 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Gestation55 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Litter sizeabout 2AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Activity cycleNocturnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Foraging modeAMBReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Snout–vent length0.17 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
By sex
- Female0.12 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Leopard gecko yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classSquamata
- ›familyEublepharidae
- ›genusEublepharis
- ›speciesEublepharis macularius
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderGekkota
- genusEublepharis
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderGekkota
- genusEublepharis
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