Lepidoblepharis miyatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.
Etymology The specific name, miyatai, is in honor of American herpetologist Kenneth Ichiro Miyata (1951–1983).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lepidoblepharis miyatai, p. 180).
Geographic range L. miyatai is found in Magdalena Department, Colombia.
Description The holotype of Lepidoblepharis miyatai has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of and a broken tail.
Habitat Lepidoblepharis miyatai is a unique sphaerodactyline gecko which occurs in dry coastal thorn forest of the Department of Magdalena, northern Colombia (Lamar 1985).
Reproduction L. miyatai is oviparous.
References
Further reading Lamar, William W. (1985). "A New Lepidoblepharis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the North Coast of Colombia". Herpetologica 41 (2): 128–132. (Lepidoblepharis miyatai, new species). Montes-Correa, Andrés Camilo; Jiménez-Bolaño, Juan David; Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabián; Rivas, Gilson A.; Granda-Rodríguez, Hernán D.; Saboyá-Acosta, Liliana P; Renjifo, Juan Manuel (2018). "Geographic distribution and habitat use of Lepidoblepharis miyatai (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of the genus in northern Colombia". Phyllomedusa 17 (1): 61–72. (Lepidoblepharis miyatai, p. 90). (in German). Saboyá Acosta, Liliana Patricia, et al. (2020). "A survival Blueprint for the Conservation plan of the Colombian Dwarf Gecko, Lepidoblepharis miyatai in northwestern tropical dry forest in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia". An output from the EDGE (Evolutionary Distinct & Globally Endangered) of Existence fellowship, Zoological Society of London.