Hemidactylus klauberi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[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. klauberi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus klauberi Scortecci, 1948
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Etymology
editThe specific name, klauberi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence Monroe Klauber.[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Hemidactylus klauberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Hemidactylus klauberi, p. 143).
Further reading
edit- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Hemidactylus klauberi, p. 415).
- Scortecci G (1948). "Un nuovo Hemidactylus della Somalia ". Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Università di Genova 22: 51–55. (Hemidactylus klauberi, new species). (in Italian).