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Togo leaf-toed gecko

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The Togo leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus matschiei) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to West Africa.

Togo leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. matschiei
Binomial name
Hemidactylus matschiei
(Tornier, 1901)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bunocnemis matschiei
    Tornier, 1901
  • Hemidactylus matschiei
    — Loveridge, 1947

Etymology

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The specific name, matschiei, is in honor of German zoologist Paul Matschie.[3]

Geographic range

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H. matschiei is found in Nigeria and Togo.[2]

Reproduction

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H. matschiei is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Chirio, L.; Trape, J.; Luiselli, L. (2013). "Hemidactylus matschiei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203845A2771815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203845A2771815.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Hemidactylus matschiei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 October 2020.
  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. (Hemidactylus matschiei, p. 171).

Further reading

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  • Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98 (1): 1–469 + Plates 1–7. (Hemidactylus matschiei, new combination, pp. 109–110).
  • Tornier G (1901). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Togo ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 67, Beiheft [= Supplement]: 65–88. (Bunocnemis matschiei, new species, p. 71). (in German).


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