Uroplatus alluaudi, also known commonly as the northern flat-tail gecko and the northern leaf-tail gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology The specific name, alluaudi, is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluad.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Uroplatus alluaudi, p. 6).
Geographic range U. alluaudi is found in northern Madagascar.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of U. alluaudi is forest, at altitudes of .
Reproduction U. alluaudi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Andreone F, Aprea G (2006). "A new finding of Uroplatus alluaudi in north-eastern Madagascar widens considerably its distribution range (Reptilia, Gekkonidae)". Acta Herpetologica 1 (2): 121–125. Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Velag. 496 pp. . Mocquard F (1894). "Diagnoses de quelques reptiles nouveaux de Madagascar ". Compte-Rendu des Séances de la Société Philomathique de Paris 9: 3–5. (Uroplatus alluaudi, new species, p. 3). (in French).