Speedy leaf-toed gecko
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Speedy leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Hemidactylus |
Species: | H. citernii
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Binomial name | |
Hemidactylus citernii Boulenger, 1912
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The speedy leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus citernii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa and the Horn of Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, citernii, is in honor of Italian explorer Carlo Citerni.[2]
Geographic range
H. citernii is found in Djibouti and northwestern Somalia, and possibly also in Kenya.[1][3]
Habitat
H. citernii has been found in a variety of habitats, at altitudes of 50–960 m (160–3,150 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b c Mazuch T (2021). "Hemidactylus citernii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18489004A18489011.en. Accessed on 27 February 2022.
- ^ 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 citernii, p. 54).
- ^ a b Hemidactylus citernii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1912). "Missione per la Frontiera Italo-Etiopica sotto il commando del Capitano Carlo Citerni. Resulti zoologici. List of the Reptiles and Batrachians". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie terza [Third Series] 5: 329–332. (Hemidactylus citernii, new species, pp. 329–330). (in English, except for some Italian in title).
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: checklist and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Hemidactylus citernii, p. 414).
- Parker HW (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 91: 1–101. (Hemidactylus citernii, p. 30).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus citernii, p. 85). (in German).Error: "Q3130052" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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