Luperosaurus yasumai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesian Borneo.
Etymology The specific name, yasumai, is in honor of Shigeki Yasuma, a Japanese biologist who has contributed to research and conservation of wildlife in Borneo.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Luperosaurus yasumai, p. 292).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of L. yasumai is forest.
Description L. yasumai shares a close resemblance to Luperosaurus joloensis and Luperosaurus palawanensis. It has a few distinctions from its relatives in that it has fewer scansors on its seventh toe and it has a more depressed tail. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length of about .Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. . (Luperosaurus yasumai, p. 104).
Reproduction L. yasumai is oviparous.
References
Further reading Ota H, Sengoku S, Hikida T (1996). "Two New Species of Luperosaurus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Borneo". Copeia 1996 (2): 433–439. (Luperosaurus yasumai, new species).