Rasmussen's gecko

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Rasmussen's gecko
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Urocotyledon
Species:
U. rasmusseni
Binomial name
Urocotyledon rasmusseni
Bauer  [ fr; es ] & 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]

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Etymology

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

Reproduction

U. rasmusseni is oviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 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).

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