Hemidactylus ruspolii, also known commonly as the farm leaf-toed gecko, Prince Ruspoli's gecko, Ruspoli's gecko, and the turnip-tailed black and yellow gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to northern East Africa.
| Hemidactylus ruspolii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. ruspolii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus ruspolii Boulenger, 1896
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| Synonyms | |
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Hemidactylus erlangeri Steindachner, 1907 | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, ruspolii, is in honor of Italian explorer Prince Eugenio Ruspoli.[1]
Geographic range
editH. ruspolii is found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia.[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 ruspolii, p. 211).
- ^ a b Hemidactylus ruspolii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1896). "A list of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by the late Prince Eugenio Ruspoli in Somaliland and Gallaland in 1893". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda [Series 2] 17: 5–14. (Hemidactylus ruspolii, new species, pp. 6–7).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus ruspolii, p. 87). (in German).
- 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. (Hemidactylus ruspolii, p. 96).
- Steindachner F (1907). "Herpetologische Notizen III ". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 27: 355–356. (Hemidactylus erlangeri, new species, p. 355). (in German).