Lygodactylus grandisonae

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Lygodactylus grandisonae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. grandisonae
Binomial name
Lygodactylus grandisonae
G. Pasteur, 1962
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Lygodactylus grandisonae, also known commonly as Bunty's dwarf gecko, Grandison's dwarf gecko, and the Kenya dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa and the Horn of Africa.

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Etymology

The specific name, grandisonae, is in honor of British herpetologist Alice Georgie Cruickshank "Bunty" Grandison (1927–2014). [2] [3]

Geographic range

L. grandisonae is found in Ethiopia and Kenya. [4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Lygodactylus grandisonae is savanna, at an altitude of 800 m (2,600 ft). [1]

Reproduction

L. grandisonae is oviparous. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Malonza P, Spawls S, Menegon M (2014). "Lygodactylus grandisonae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T178212A42282505. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178212A42282505.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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 grandisonae, p. 106).
  3. Anonymous (2014). "The Passing of Alice G. C. Grandison". American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Current News. asih.org/news/2014/passing-alice-g-c-grandison.
  4. 1 2 Lygodactylus grandisonae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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