Lawrence's dwarf gecko

Lawrence's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. lawrencei
Binomial name
Lygodactylus lawrencei
Hewitt, 1926
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygodactylus lawrencei
    Hewitt, 1926
  • Lygodactylus picturatus lawrencei
    — Loveridge, 1947
  • Lygodactylus lawrencei
    — Wermuth, 1965
  • Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) lawrencei
    — Rösler, 2000

Lawrence's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus lawrencei) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, lawrencei, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence.[3]

Geographic range

L. lawrencei is found in southern Angola, and adjacent northern Namibia.[2]

Description

L. lawrencei is a small species. The snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults is 30–32 mm (1.2–1.3 in). Dorsally, it is ashy-gray with many thin broken dark stripes. Ventrally, it is white.[4]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of L. lawrencei is rocky, dry savanna[4] and shrubland, at altitudes of 100–1,500 m (330–4,920 ft).[1]

Reproduction

L. lawrencei is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Baptista N, Bauer AM, Becker F, Conradie W, Ceríaco LMP (2020). "Lygodactylus lawrencei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110212151A110212255.en. Accessed on 14 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Lygodactylus lawrencei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ 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. (Lygodactylus lawrencei, p. 152).
  4. ^ a b Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. (Lygodactylus lawrencei, p. 247 + Plate 109).

Further reading

  • Hewitt J (1926). "Some New or Little-known Reptiles and Batrachians from South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum 20: 473–490 + Plates XLIV–XLV. (Lygodactylus lawrencei, new species, pp. 478–479).
  • Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98: 1–469. (Lygodactylus picturatus lawrencei, p. 223).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus lawrencei, p. 93). (in German).
  • Schleicher, Alfred (2020). Reptiles of Namibia. Windhoek, Namibia: Kuiseb Publishers. 271 pp. ISBN 978-9994576708.



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