Atlas day gecko
Adult male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Quedenfeldtia
Species:
Q. trachyblepharus
Binomial name
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus
(Boettger, 1873)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus
    Boettger, 1873
  • Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus
    — Loveridge, 1947

The Atlas day gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.

Taxonomy

This species shares the common name of Atlas day gecko with another species, Quedenfeldtia moerens.

Biology

Q. trachyblepharus is diurnal, and is adapted to cold climates.[3] Its natural habitat is rocky areas. Q. trachyblepharus is the dominant species in the alpine lizard assemblage above 2,500 m (8,200 ft).[3] It is an oviparous species.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Joger, U. [in German]; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, H.; Geniez, P. (2006). "Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61564A12516835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61564A12516835.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Species Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 1 2 Bouazza, Abdellah; Slimani, Tahar; El Mouden, El Hassan; Blouin-Demers, Gabriel; Lourdais, Olivier (2016). "Thermal constraints and the influence of reproduction on thermoregulation in a high‐altitude gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus)". Journal of Zoology 300 (1): 36-44.

Further reading

  • Böttger [sic], Oskar (1873). "Reptilien von Marocco und von den canarischen Inseln ". Abhandlungen Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main 9: 121-191 + one unnumbered plate. (Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus, new species, pp. 138-140 + plate, figures 3a, 3b). (in German).
  • 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 + Plates 1-7. (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus, new combination, pp. 67-69).


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