Rasmussen's gecko (Urocotyledon rasmusseni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania.[1]
| Rasmussen's gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Urocotyledon |
| Species: | U. rasmusseni
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| Binomial name | |
| Urocotyledon rasmusseni | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, rasmusseni, is in honor of Danish herpetologist Jens Bødtker Rasmussen.[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Urocotyledon rasmusseni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
- ^ 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. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, p. 217).
Further reading
edit- Bauer AM, Menegon M (2006). "A new species of prehensile-tailed gecko, Urocotyledon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania". African Journal of Herpetology 55: 13–22. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, new species).
- 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. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, p. 126).