Peringuey's leaf-toed gecko

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Peringuey's leaf-toed gecko (Cryptactites peringueyi), also known commonly as the salt marsh gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.

Peringuey's leaf-toed gecko
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cryptactites
Bauer et al., 1997
Species:
C. peringueyi
Binomial name
Cryptactites peringueyi
(Boulenger, 1910)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllodactylus peringueyi
    Boulenger, 1910
  • Cryptactites peringueyi
    Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997

Etymology

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The specific name, peringueyi, is in honor of French entomologist Louis Péringuey.[3]

Description

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C. peringueyi is particularly tiny, not growing more than about 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in total length (including tail), making it the smallest lizard in the region, along with the striped dwarf leaf-toed gecko of the Western Cape.[citation needed] It has a red-brown body sometimes with thin, pale dark stripes.[citation needed]

Behavior and reproduction

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Peringuey's leaf-toed gecko is nocturnal and lives in matted marsh vegetation where it lays two minute eggs in summer.[citation needed]

Geographic range and habitat

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C. peringueyi is endemic to South Africa, being restricted to a few salt marshes in the Eastern Cape.[citation needed]

Conservation status

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C. peringueyi was believed to be extinct for a long time, but a tiny population was rediscovered in 1992 by the estuary of the Kromme river.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Conradie, W., Weeber, J., Alexander, G.J., Pietersen, D. & Tolley, K.A. (2022). "Cryptactites peringueyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T41229A197402765. Retrieved 30 July 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Species Cryptactites peringueyi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ 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. (Cryptactites peringueyi, p. 203).

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1910). "A Revised List of the South African Reptiles and Batrachians, with Synoptic Tables, special reference to the specimens in the South African Museum, and Descriptions of New Species". Ann. South African Mus. 5: 455–538. (Phyllodactylus peringueyi, new species, pp. 493–494).
  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Cryptactites peringueyi, p. 239 + Plate 108).