Correlophus belepensis

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Correlophus belepensis

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Correlophus
Species:
C. belepensis
Binomial name
Correlophus belepensis
Bauer [fr], A. Whitaker, Sadlier [fr], & Jackman, 2012

Correlophus belepensis is a species of

Correlophus ciliatus.[2] They only occur in a 8 kilometer (5 mile) area on the province of Belep; In which they are found on hard lateritic soils covered with closed or paraforestier forest. Part of the reason for their Endangerment is their involvement in the illegal French pet trade [3]

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