Pristurus phillipsii

Pristurus phillipsii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Pristurus
Species:	P. phillipsii
Binomial name
Pristurus phillipsii Boulenger, 1895

Pristurus phillipsii, known commonly as Phillip's rock gecko or the Somali rock gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, phillipsii, is in honor of British naturalist Ethelbert Lort Phillips. ^[2]

Geographic range

P. phillipsii is found in Somalia. ^{[1] [3]} The Reptile Databases lists it also from Ethiopia. ^[3]

Reproduction

P. phillipsii is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Mazuch, T. (2021). "Pristurus phillipsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T13155385A42507106. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13155385A42507106.en . Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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. (Pristurus phillipsii, p. 206).
3. Pristurus phillipsii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 23 March 2022.

Further reading

• Arnold EN (2009). "Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology". Zootaxa2060: 1-21.
• Boulenger GA (1895). "On the Reptiles and Batrachians obtained by Mr. E. Lort-Phillips in Somaliland". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series16: 165-169 + Plate VII. (Pristurus phillipsii, new species, pp. 165–166 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a).
• Calabresi E (1915). "Contributo alla conoscenza dei Rettili della Somalia ". Monitore Zoologico Italiano28: 234–247. (Pristurus phillipsii, pp. 235–236). (in Italian).
• Mazuch, Tomáš (2013). Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Dřiteč, Czech Republic: Tomáš Mazuch Publishing. 80 pp. ISBN   978-80-905439-0-4.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Pristurus phillipsii, p. 106). (in German).