The Atlas day gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.
| Atlas day gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Quedenfeldtia |
| Species: | Q. trachyblepharus
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| Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus (Boettger, 1873)
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Taxonomy
editThis species shares the common name of Atlas day gecko with another species, Quedenfeldtia moerens.
Biology
editQ. trachyblepharus is diurnal, and is adapted to cold climates.[3] Its natural habitat is rocky areas. Q. trachyblepharus is the dominant species in the alpine lizard assemblage above 2,500 m (8,200 ft).[3] It is an oviparous species.[2]
References
edit- ^ Joger, U. [in German]; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, H.; Geniez, P. (2006). "Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61564A12516835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61564A12516835.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b Species Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Bouazza, Abdellah; Slimani, Tahar; El Mouden, El Hassan; Blouin-Demers, Gabriel; Lourdais, Olivier (2016). "Thermal constraints and the influence of reproduction on thermoregulation in a high-altitude gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus)". Journal of Zoology 300 (1): 36-44.
Further reading
edit- Böttger [sic], Oskar (1873). "Reptilien von Marocco und von den canarischen Inseln ". Abhandlungen Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main 9: 121-191 + one unnumbered plate. (Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus, new species, pp. 138-140 + plate, figures 3a, 3b). (in German).
- 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 + Plates 1-7. (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus, new combination, pp. 67-69).