Matoatoa spannringi is a species of gecko part of the lizard family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology The specific name, spannringi, honors botanist Jürgen Spannring, who collected the holotype.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Matoatoa spannringi, p. 249).
Geographic range M. spannringi is found in southeastern Madagascar.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of M. spannringi is the forest, at an altitude of .
Description M. spannringi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Reproduction M. spannringi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Funnell S, Shrum M, Ellis E, Andreone F (2012). "A new record of the phantom gecko Matoatoa spannringi from Sainte Luce, SE Madagascar augments the species' known range". Herpetology Notes 5: 151–153. Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. . Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (186): 1–26. (Matoatoa spannringi, new species, p. 12). Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Matoatoa spannringi, p. 95). (in German).