Cnemaspis dickersonae
Cnemaspis dickersonae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cnemaspis |
Species: | C. dickersonae
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Binomial name | |
Cnemaspis dickersonae (Schmidt, 1919)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Cnemaspis dickersonae, also known commonly as Dickerson's forest gecko, Dickerson's gecko, or the four-lined forest gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to eastern Africa.[1]
Etymology[]
The specific name, dickersonae, is in honor of American herpetologist Mary Cynthia Dickerson.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Cnemaspis dickersonae ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ 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. (Cnemaspis dickersonae, p. 72).
Further reading[]
- Schmidt KP (1919). "Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Part I. Turtles, Crocodiles, Lizards, and Chameleons". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 39 (2): 385–624. (Gonatodes dickersoni, new species, p. 436).
Categories:
- Cnemaspis
- Reptiles described in 1919
- Cnemaspis stubs