Aaron Bauer's house gecko
Aaron Bauer's house gecko (Hemidactylus aaronbaueri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats in Maharashtra, India.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. aaronbaueri |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus aaronbaueri Giri, 2008 | |
Etymology
The specific name, aaronbaueri, is in honour of American herpetologist Aaron Matthew Bauer.[3]
Description
Large for its genus, H. aaronbaueri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 13 cm (5.1 in).[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of H. aaronbaueri is rocky outcrops in forest, at altitudes of 250–1,000 m (820–3,280 ft).[1]
References
- Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu B (2013). "Hemidactylus aaronbaueri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T194103A2299026. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194103A2299026.en. Downloaded on 5 June 2018.
- Hemidactylus aaronbaueri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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. (Hemidactylus aaronbaueri, p. 19).
Further reading
- Giri VB (2008). "A new rock dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata : Gekkonidae) from Maharashtra, India". Hamadryad 32: 25–33. (Hemidactylus aaronbaueri, new species).
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