Grant's leaf-toed gecko

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Grant's leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. granti
Binomial name
Hemidactylus granti
Boulenger, 1899
Hemidactylus granti distribution.png

Grant's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus granti ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Socotra.[2]

Usually it can be found camouflaging at rocky areas, for example cliffs, and mountain peaks.

Etymology

The specific name, granti, is in honor of Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant.[3]

Reproduction

H. granti is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Hemidactylus granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T199724A9123061. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199724A9123061.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hemidactylus granti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ 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. ("Grant, W.R.O.", p. 106).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1899). "The Expedition to Sokotra: II. Descriptions of the New Species of Reptiles". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2: 4–7. (Hemidactylus granti, new species, p. 4).Error: "Q5084327" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.