Grandidier's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus tolampyae) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]
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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. tolampyae
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus tolampyae (Grandidier, 1872)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, tolampyae, may refer to Ambatolampy, a city in Madagascar. Grandidier gave no explanation.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of L. tolampyae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,600 m (5,200 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Vences, M. (2011). "Lygodactylus tolampyae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172945A6946218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172945A6946218.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Lygodactylus tolampyae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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 tolampyae, p. 266).
Further reading
edit- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
- Grandidier A (1872). "Description de quelques Reptiles nouveaux découverts a Madagascar en 1870 ". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Cinquième Série [Fifth Series], Zoologie et Paléontologie 15 (20): 6–11. (Hemidactylus tolampyæ, new species, p. 8). (in French).
- Kojima Y (2016). "Robbery in the Dark: Nocturnal Foraging of a Madagascan Diurnal Gecko, Lygodactylus tolampyae". Current Herpetology 35 (2): 135–138.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. {Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) tolampyae, p. 95}. (in German).