Hemidactylus bavazzanoi
Hemidactylus bavazzanoi | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Hemidactylus |
Species: | H. bavazzanoi
|
Binomial name | |
Hemidactylus bavazzanoi Lanza, 1978
|
Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, also known commonly as Bavazzano's gecko, the Somali banded gecko, and the Somali leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to eastern Africa.
Etymology[]
The specific name, bavazzanoi, is in honor of Italian botanist .[2]
Geographic range[]
H. bavazzanoi is found in southern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and southern Somalia.[3]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitat of H. bavazzanoi is shrubland.[1]
Description[]
Medium-sized for its genus, H. bavazzanoi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4 cm (1.6 in). Dorsally, it is pink with four black crossbands, a crescentic one on the neck, two on the body, and one on the base of the tail.[3]
Reproduction[]
H. bavazzanoi is oviparous.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b , , Wagner P (2021). "Hemidactylus bavazzanoi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18488395A18488442.en. Downloaded on 18 June 2021.
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, p. 20).
- ^ a b c Hemidactylus bavazzanoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading[]
- Lanza B (1978). "On some new or interesting east African reptiles and amphibians". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 10 (14): 229–297. (Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, new species, pp. 249–255, Figures 13–16). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
- , (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopea and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, p. 291).
- (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, p. 85). (in German).
- Spawls S, , , (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, p. 87).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Hemidactylus
- Reptiles described in 1978
- Hemidactylus stubs