Scheffler's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. scheffleri
Binomial name
Lygodactylus scheffleri
Sternfeld, 1912
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygodactylus fischeri Var. scheffleri
    Sternfeld, 1912
  • Lygodactylus fischeri scheffleri
    — Loveridge, 1920
  • Lygodactylus scheffleri
    — Kluge, 1993

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.

Etymology

The 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

L. scheffleri is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. scheffleri are forest and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

L. scheffleri is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

The 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

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Lygodactylus scheffleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ↑ 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

  • 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).


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