Matschie's dwarf gecko

Matschie's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus conradti), also known commonly as Conradt's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa. There are currently no valid subspecies.

Matschie's dwarf gecko
Captive Lygodactylus conradti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. conradti
Binomial name
Lygodactylus conradti
Matschie, 1892

Etymology

The specific name, conradti, is in honor of Leopold Conradt, collector of the holotype.[1]

Geographic range

L. conradti is found in northeastern Tanzania[2] and Kenya.

Reproduction

L. conradti is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 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 conradti, p. 57).
  2. Species Lygodactylus conradti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Matschie P (1892). "Über eine kleine Sammlung von Säugethieren und Reptilien, welche Herr L. Conradt aus Usambara (Deutsch-Ostafrika) heimgebracht hat ". Sitsungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1892: 101–110. (Lygodactylus conradti, new species, p. 109). (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus conradti, p. 92). (in German).
  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus conradti, p. 103).


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