Lygodactylus grandisonae

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.

Lygodactylus grandisonae
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. grandisonae
Binomial name
Lygodactylus grandisonae G. Pasteur, 1962

Etymology

The specific name, grandisonae, is in honor of British herpetologist Alice Georgie Cruikshank "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. Malonza P, Spawls S, Menegon M (2014). "Lygodactylus grandisonae ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T178212A42282505. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178212A42282505.en. Downloaded on 04 July 2018.
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. Lygodactylus grandisonae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

• Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Lygodactylus grandisonae, p. 324).
• Pasteur G (1962). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). II. Diagnose de quelques Lygodactylus d'Afrque". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire 24: 606–614. (Lygodactylus grandisonae, new species). (in French).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus grandisonae, p. 93). (in German).
• Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harold; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus grandisonae, p. 104).