Cameroon dwarf gecko

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Cameroon dwarf gecko
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. conraui
Binomial name
Lygodactylus conraui
Tornier, 1902
Synonyms

The Cameroon dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus conraui), also known commonly as Conrau's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. This small gecko is found in forests, plantations and gardens in West Africa and Central Africa. [1]

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Etymology

The specific name, conraui, is in honor of German colonial agent Gustav Conrau. [2]

Geographic range

Lygodactylus conraui is found from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. [3] [4] [5]

Reproduction

Lygodactlyus conraui is oviparous. [4]

Behaviour

The species is known to exhibit anthropochory (taking advantage of human activity) and to use edificarian (human) habitat. [6]

Lygodactylus conraui, Godomey, Benin Lygodactylus conraui-2b 2015-05-05.jpg
Lygodactylus conraui, Godomey, Benin

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References

  1. 1 2 Luiselli, L.; Rödel, M.-O.; Penner, J. (2021). "Lygodactylus conraui ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T203848A2771836. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203848A2771836.en . Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  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. (Lygodactylus conraui, p. 58).
  3. Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara[Lizards, crocodiles and turtles of West Africa and the Sahara] (in French). Marseille: IRD Éditions. ISBN   978-2-7099-1726-1.
  4. 1 2 Lygodactylus conraui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  5. Pauwels, Olivier S.G.; Carlino, Piero; Chirio, Laurent; Albert, Jean-Louis (2016). "Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica IV" (PDF). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 51 (5): 73–79. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  6. Manners, Guy R.; Georgen, Georg. "Lygodactylus conraui (Cameroon or Conrau's dwarf gecko): Use of edificarian habitat and anthropochory in Benin". The Herpetological Bulletin. 131: 32–33.

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