Hemidactylus puccionii, also known commonly as the Somali plain gecko and the Zanzibar leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1][2]
| Hemidactylus puccionii | |
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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. puccionii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus puccionii Calabresi, 1927
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Etymology edit
The specific name, puccionii, is in honor of Italian naturalist Nello Puccioni (1881–1937).[3]
Geographic range edit
H. puccionii is endemic to Somalia.[1][2] Earlier records from Kenya and Zanzibar (Tanzania) refer to other species.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d Mazuch, T. (2021). "Hemidactylus puccionii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18519463A18519470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18519463A18519470.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Hemidactylus puccionii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2022.
- ^ 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 puccionii, p. 212).
Further reading edit
- Calabresi E (1927). "Anfibi e rettili raccolti nella Somalia dai Proff. G. Stefanini e N. Puccioni (gennaio – luglio 1924) [= Amphibians and Reptiles Collected in Somalia by Professors G. Stefanini and N. Puccioni (January – July 1924)]". Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 66: 14–60. (Hemidactylus puccionii, new species, p. 23). (in Italian).
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: checklist and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)" Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus puccionii, p. 87). (in German).