Togo leaf-toed gecko
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Togo leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Hemidactylus |
Species: | H. matschiei
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Binomial name | |
Hemidactylus matschiei (Tornier, 1901)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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The Togo leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus matschiei ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to West Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, matschiei, is in honor of German zoologist Paul Matschie.[3]
Geographic range
H. matschiei is found in Nigeria and Togo.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ^ Chirio, L.; Trape, J.; Luiselli, L. (2013). "Hemidactylus matschiei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203845A2771815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203845A2771815.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Hemidactylus matschiei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 October 2020.
- ^ 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 matschiei, p. 171).
Further reading
- Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98 (1): 1–469 + Plates 1–7. (Hemidactylus matschiei, new combination, pp. 109–110).
- Tornier G (1901). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Togo ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 67, Beiheft [= Supplement]: 65–88. (Bunocnemis matschiei, new species, p. 71). (in German).Error: "Q3130103" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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