Lepidoblepharis miyatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.
The specific name, miyatai, is in honor of American herpetologist Kenneth Ichiro Miyata (1951–1983).
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starts withThe holotype of L. miyatai has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 20 mm (0.79 in) and a broken tail.Lepidoblepharis miyatai sp. nov. is a unique sphaerodactyline gecko which occurs in dry coastal thorn forest of the Department of Magdalena, northern Colombia. (Lamar, W. W. (1985). A New Lepidoblepharis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the North Coast of Colombia. Herpetologica, 41(2), 128–132.The reason why there's not much information on this organism is because it just disappeared for a while and then came back in whole different new area and disappeared again leavening people to think its already extinct.
L. miyatai is found in Magdalena Department, Colombia.
L. miyatai is oviparous.
