Fischer's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. fischeri
Binomial name
Lygodactylus fischeri
Boulenger, 1890

Fischer's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus fischeri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to West Africa and Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, fischeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer.[2][3]

Geographic range

L. fischeri is found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and southeast Nigeria,[1][2] with a single, isolated record from Benin.[1] The record from Sierra Leone is questionable.[1][2]

Ecology

L. fischeri is a rare and highly cryptic species occurring in closed humid forest and gallery forest. It is probably an insectivore feeding on ants.[1]

Description

Dorsally, L. fischeri is light olive green, with several longitudinal series of small black dots. Ventrally, it is uniformly white. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).[4]

Reproduction

L. fischeri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Chirio, L.; Luiselli, L. (2021). "Lygodactylus fischeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T203849A2771843. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203849A2771843.en. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lygodactylus fischeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 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 fischeri, p, 90).
  4. ↑ Boulenger GA (1890). "First Report on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the British Museum (Natural History)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 77–86 + Plates VIII–XI. (Lygodactylus fischeri, new species, p. 80 + Plate VIII, figure 1).

Further reading

  • Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98: 1–469. (Lygodactylus fischeri, pp. 206–207).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus fischeri, p. 93). (in German).
  • Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, Crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).



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