Scheffler's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus scheffleri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa. There are three recognized subspecies.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Lygodactylus |
Species: | L. scheffleri
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Binomial name | |
Lygodactylus scheffleri Sternfeld, 1912
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Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, scheffleri, is in honor of Georg Scheffler, who was a German collector of natural history specimens,[3] and who collected the holotype.[2]
Geographic range
editHabitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of L. scheffleri are forest and savanna.[1]
Reproduction
editSubspecies
editThe following three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Lygodactylus scheffleri compositus G. Pasteur, 1964
- Lygodactylus scheffleri scheffleri Sternfeld, 1912
- Lygodactylus scheffleri ulugurensis G. Pasteur, 1964
References
edit- ^ a b Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Beraduccii, J.; Malonza, P. (2014). "Lygodactylus scheffleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T44648458A44928812. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T44648458A44928812.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Lygodactylus scheffleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus scheffleri, p. 235).
Further reading
edit- Pasteur G (1964). "Recherches sur l'évolution des lygodactyles, lézards Afro-Malagaches actuels ". Travaux de l'Institut scientifique Chérifien, série Zoologie (29): 1–132. (Lygodactylus scheffleri compositus, new subspecies; L. s. ulugurensis, new subspecies). (in French).
- Spawls, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus scheffleri, p. 113).
- Sternfeld R (1912). "Reptilia ". pp. 197–279. In: Schubotz H (1912). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1907–1908 unter Führung Adolph Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band IV [Volume 4]. Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 485 pp. (Lygodactylus fischeri Var. scheffleri, new variety, pp. 206–207). (in German).