Scheffler's dwarf gecko

Scheffler's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus scheffleri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa. There are three recognized subspecies.

Scheffler's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. scheffleri
Binomial name
Lygodactylus scheffleri
Sternfeld, 1912
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygodactylus fischeri Var. scheffleri
    Sternfeld, 1912
  • Lygodactylus fischeri scheffleri
    — Loveridge, 1920
  • Lygodactylus scheffleri
    — Kluge, 1993

Etymology

The specific name, scheffleri, is in honor of Georg Scheffler, who was a German collector of natural history specimens,[3] and who collected the holotype.[2]

Geographic range

L. scheffleri is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. scheffleri are forest and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

L. scheffleri is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

The following three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.[2]

  • Lygodactylus scheffleri compositus G. Pasteur, 1964
  • Lygodactylus scheffleri scheffleri Sternfeld, 1912
  • Lygodactylus scheffleri ulugurensis G. Pasteur, 1964

References
  1. Spawls S, Howell K, Beraducci J, Malonza P (2014). "Lygodactylus scheffleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T44648458A44928812. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T44648458A44928812.en. Downloaded on 08 July 2018.
  2. Lygodactylus scheffleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus scheffleri, p. 235).

Further reading
  • Pasteur G (1964). "Recherches sur l'évolution des lygodactyles, lézards Afro-Malagaches actuels ". Travaux de l'Institut scientifique Chérifien, série Zoologie (29): 1–132. (Lygodactylus scheffleri compositus, new subspecies; L. s. ulugurensis, new subspecies). (in French).
  • Spawls, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus scheffleri, p. 113).
  • Sternfeld R (1912). "Reptilia ". pp. 197–279. In: Schubotz H (1912). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1907–1908 unter Führung Adolph Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band IV [Volume 4]. Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 485 pp. (Lygodactylus fischeri Var. scheffleri, new variety, pp. 206–207). (in German).


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