Arnold's leaf-toed gecko
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Arnold's leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Hemidactylus |
Species: | H. arnoldi
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Binomial name | |
Hemidactylus arnoldi Lanza, 1978
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Arnold's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus arnoldi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.
Etymology
The specific name, arnoldi, is in honor of British herpetologist Edwin Nicholas "Nick" Arnold.[2]
Geographic range
H. arnoldi is found in northwestern Somalia.[3]
Habitat
The preferred habitats of H. arnoldi are rocky areas and shrubland, at an altitude of 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
Description
H. arnoldi is large for its genus, and it is stout. The holotype, an adult female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.2 cm (3.2 in).[4]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b Mazuch, T.; Spawls, S. (2021). "Hemidactylus arnoldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178656A22541320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178656A22541320.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, p. 11).
- ^ a b Hemidactylus arnoldi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Lanza (1978), Figure 10.
Further reading
- Lanza B (1978). "On some new or interesting east African amphibians and reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 10 (14): 229–297. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, new species, p. 243–249, Figures 10–12). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, pp. 414, 445).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, p. 85). (in German).Error: "Q5086248" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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