The Cameroon dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus conraui), also known commonly as Conrau's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. This small gecko is found in forests, plantations and gardens in West Africa and Central Africa.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. conraui
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| Lygodactylus conraui Tornier, 1902
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Etymology
editThe specific name, conraui, is in honor of German colonial agent Gustav Conrau.[2]
Geographic range
editL. conraui is found from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.[3][4][5]
Reproduction
editBehaviour
editThe species is known to exhibit anthropochory (taking advantage of human activity) and to use edificarian (human) habitat.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Luiselli, L.; Rödel, M.-O.; Penner, J. (2021). "Lygodactylus conraui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T203848A2771836. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203848A2771836.en. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ 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 conraui, p. 58).
- ^ Trape, Jean-Françios; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara [Lizards, crocodiles and turtles of West Africa and the Sahara] (in French). Marseille: IRD Éditions. ISBN 978-2-7099-1726-1.
- ^ a b Lygodactylus conraui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Pauwels, Olivier S.G. [in French]; Carlino, Piero; Chirio, Laurent; Albert, Jean-Louis (2016). "Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica IV" (PDF). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 51 (5): 73–79. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
- ^ Manners, G.R.; Georgen, G. "Lygodactylus conraui (Cameroon or Conrau's dwarf gecko): Use of edificarian habitat and anthropochory in Benin". The Herpetological Bulletin. 131: 32–33.
Further reading
edit- 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. (Lygodactylus conraui, pp. 220–221).
- Rösler H (1902). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus conraui, p. 92). (in German).
- Tornier G (1902). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Kamerun [The Crocodilians, Turtles and Lizards in Cameroon]". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 15 (6): 663–677 + Plate 35. (Lygodactylus conraui, new species, pp. 670–671 + Plate 35, figure 3). (in German).