Hemidactylus funaiolii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. funaiolii
Binomial name
Hemidactylus funaiolii
Lanza, 1978

Hemidactylus funaiolii, also known commonly as the Archer's Post gecko and the Kenya leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, funaiolii, is in honor of Italian zoologist Ugo Funaioli.[2]

Geographic range

H. funaiolii is found from Somalia to central Kenya.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. funaiolii are savanna, shrubland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 300–600 m (980–1,970 ft).[1]

Description

H. funaiolii is a small species for its genus. The dorsal surface of the body is covered with uniform keeled scales which are strongly imbricate.[3]

Reproduction

H. funaiolii is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Hemidactylus funaiolii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18490382A18490388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18490382A18490388.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 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 funaiolii, p. 95).
  3. 1 2 3 Hemidactylus funaiolii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Lanza B (1978). "On some new or interesting East African amphibians and reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 10 (1): 229–297. (Hemidactylus funaiolii, new species, p. 271). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus funaiolii, p. 86). (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 funaiolii, p. 88).



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