Scortecci's dwarf gecko

Scortecci's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus scorteccii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Scortecci's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. scorteccii
Binomial name
Lygodactylus scorteccii
Synonyms[1]
  • Lygodactylus picturatus scorteccii
    G. Pasteur, 1959
  • Lygodactylus scorteccii
    Kluge, 1993
  • Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) scorteccii
    Rösler, 2000

Etymology

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The specific name, scorteccii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Giuseppe Scortecci.[2]

Geographic range

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L. scorteccii is found in Ethiopia, northwestern Kenya, and Somalia.[1]

Reproduction

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L. scorteccii is oviparous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Lygodactylus scorteccii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ^ 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 scorteccii, p. 239).

Further reading

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  • Pasteur G (1959). "Diagnose de Lygodactylus picturatus scorteccii subsp. nov. (gekkonidés)". Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc 59 (7): 105–106. (Lygodactylus picturatus scorteccii, new subspecies). (in French).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (in German). Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) scorteccii, p. 94.
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618.