Bernard's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. bernardi
Binomial name
Lygodactylus bernardi

Bernard's dwarf gecko[1] (Lygodactylus bernardi), also commonly known as FitzSimons' dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Zimbabwe.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, bernardi, is in honor of British archaeologist Bernard Evelyn Buller Fagg.[1]

Geographic range

L. bernardi is endemic to eastern Zimbabwe.[2] Lygodactylus bonsi from Malawi was originally described as a subspecies of L. bernardi.[3]

Description

Dorsally, L. bernardi is olive with pale spots. Ventrally, it is bluish-white on the throat, yellow on the belly, and orange to orange-brown on the tail.[4]

Adults are only 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL).[4]

Reproduction

L. bernardi is an oviparous species.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.(Lygodactylus bernardi, p. 24).
  2. 1 2 3 Lygodactylus bernardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Lygodactylus bonsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 Branch, Bill (1998). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 246. ISBN 9780883590423.

Further reading

  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Lygodactylus bernardi, p. 246 + Plate 90).
  • FitzSimons V (1958). "On a small collection of reptiles and amphibians from the Inyanga District, S. Rhodesia". Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 3: 204–214. (Lygodactylus bernardi, new species).
  • Pasteur G (1962). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). II. Diagnose de quelques Lygodactylus d'Afrique". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire 24: 606–614. (Lygodactylus bernardi bonsi, new subspecies). (in French).



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