| Hemidactylus bavazzanoi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. bavazzanoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus bavazzanoi Lanza, 1978 | |
Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, also known commonly as Bavazzano's gecko, the Somali banded gecko, and the Somali leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to eastern Africa.
The specific name, bavazzanoi, is in honor of Italian botanist Renato Bavazzano. [2]
H. bavazzanoi is found in southern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and southern Somalia. [3]
The preferred natural habitat of H. bavazzanoi is shrubland. [1]
Medium-sized for its genus, H. bavazzanoi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4 cm (1.6 in). Dorsally, it is pink with four black crossbands, a crescentic one on the neck, two on the body, and one on the base of the tail. [3]
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