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| Elasmodactylus tetensis | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Elasmodactylus |
| Species: | E. tetensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Elasmodactylus tetensis Loveridge, 1953 | |
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Elasmodactylus tetensis, commonly known as the Tete thick-toed gecko or Zambezi thick-toed gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to East Africa. [1] [2]
E. tetensis, unlike any other species in the genus Elasmodactylus , is very large, and males have 8-14 preanal pores. [3]
E. tetensis is found in Mopane bushveld in the Zambezi river valley from Lake Kariba to Tete. There is a disjunct population in southern Tanzania. [1] [2]
E. tetensis is a highly gregarious species and often roosts side by side with numerous other individuals during the day in rock cracks or hollow tree trunks like hollow baobab trees. [1]
They are nocturnal insectivores but may forage within a short distance of their roost during daylight. Once it is dark, they extend the territory they patrol in search of arthropods.[ citation needed ]
Sexually mature females lay two eggs at a time but can produce several clutches a season depending on food supply.[ citation needed ]
There is an isolated population in southern Tanzania in similar habitat that is very likely a subspecies or another species forming a complex with tetensis.[ citation needed ]
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