Broadley's dwarf gecko
Broadley's dwarf gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Lygodactylus |
Species: | L. broadleyi
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Binomial name | |
Lygodactylus broadleyi G. Pasteur, 1995
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Broadley's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus broadleyi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.
Etymology[]
The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of African herpetologist Donald George Broadley.[1]
Geographic range[]
L. broadleyi is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2]
Description[]
The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length for L. broadleyi is 2.3 cm (0.91 in).[2]
Reproduction[]
References[]
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, p. 39).
- ^ a b c Species Lygodactylus broadleyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading[]
- Pasteur G (1995). "Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lezards Lygodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Dumerilia 2:1-21. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, new species). (in French).
- (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, p. 92). (in German).
- , , , (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, p. 101).
External links[]
Categories:
- Lygodactylus
- Reptiles described in 1995
- Lygodactylus stubs