title: Lepidoblepharis miyatai
text: # Lepidoblepharis miyatai
  
  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).
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  L. miyatai is found in Magdalena Department, Colombia.
  
  ## Description
  
  The 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.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  L. miyatai is oviparous.
  
  