Hemidactylus eniangii is a species of forest gecko found in Nigeria (i.e., east of the Dahomey Gap[2]) and northern Cameroon.[1][3] It inhabits lowland tropical moist forest at elevations of 10–960 m (33–3,150 ft) above sea level and can be locally very common.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. eniangii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus eniangii | |
Hemidactylus eniangii can grow to 60 mm (2.4 in) in snout–vent length and about 140 mm (5.5 in) in total length.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c LeBreton, M.; Bauer, A.M. (2021). "Hemidactylus eniangii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T124309792A124309802. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T124309792A124309802.en. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b c Wagner, Philipp; Leaché, Adam D. & Fujita, Matthew K. (June 2014). "Description of four new West African forest geckos of the Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842 complex, revealed by coalescent species delimitation". Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 63 (1): 1–14.
- ^ Hemidactylus eniangii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 September 2022.
Further reading edit
- Bauer, Aaron M.; Parham, James F.; Brown, Rafe M.; Stuart, Bryan L.; Grismer, Lee; Papenfuss, Theodore J.; Böhme, Wolfgang; Savage, Jay M.; Carranza, Salvador; Grismer, Jesse L.; Wagner, Philipp; Schmitz, Andreas; Ananjeva, Natalia B. & Inger, Robert F. (2011). "Availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 278 (1705): 490–492. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1330. PMC 3025678. PMID 20961901.
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