Angel's dwarf gecko
Angel's dwarf gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Lygodactylus |
Species: | L. decaryi
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Binomial name | |
Lygodactylus decaryi Angel, 1930
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Angel's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus decaryi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology[]
The specific name, decaryi, is in honor of French botanist Raymond Decary.[2]
Geographic range[]
L. decaryi is found in southern Madagascar.[3]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitat of L. decaryi is savanna, at an altitude of 400 m (1,300 ft).[1]
Reproduction[]
References[]
- ^ a b Vences, M. (2011). "Lygodactylus decaryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172838A6927520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172838A6927520.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, B; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus decaryi, p. 67).
- ^ a b Lygodactylus decaryi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading[]
- Angel F (1930). "Sur un lézard nouveau de Madagascar, appartenant au genre Lygodactylus. (Matériaux de la mission R. Decary, en 1926)". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 55: 253–255. (Lygodactylus decaryi, new species). (in French).
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
- , Glaw F, , Vences M (2009). "Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Zootaxa 2103: 1–76. (Lygodactylus decaryi, p. 51).
- (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus decaryi, p. 92). (in German).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Lygodactylus
- Reptiles described in 1930
- Reptiles of Madagascar
- Endemic fauna of Madagascar
- Taxa named by Fernand Angel
- Lygodactylus stubs