Rasmussen's gecko

Rasmussen's gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Urocotyledon
Species:	U. rasmusseni
Binomial name
Urocotyledon rasmusseni Bauer & Menegon, 2006

Rasmussen's gecko (Urocotyledon rasmusseni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania. ^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, rasmusseni, is in honor of Danish herpetologist Jens Bødtker Rasmussen. ^[2]

Reproduction

U. rasmusseni is oviparous. ^[1]

References

1. Urocotyledon rasmusseni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 18 January 2019.
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. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, p. 217).

Further reading

• Bauer AM, Menegon M (2006). "A new species of prehensile-tailed gecko, Urocotyledon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania". African Journal of Herpetology55: 13–22. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, new species).
• Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN   978-1472935618. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, p. 126).