Koehler's gecko

Koehler's gecko (Ancylodactylus koehleri) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Central Africa.

Koehler's gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Ancylodactylus
Species:
A. koehleri
Binomial name
Ancylodactylus koehleri
Mertens, 1937
Synonyms[2]
  • Cnemaspis köhleri
    Mertens, 1937
  • Cnemaspis africanus köhleri
    — Loveridge, 1947
  • Cnemaspis koehleri
    — Perret, 1986

Etymology

The specific name, koehleri, is in honor of Max Köhler who collected the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

A. koehleri is found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.[2]

Reproduction

A. koehleri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Bauer, A.M.; LeBreton, M. (2021). "Cnemaspis koehleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T177814A126472816. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T177814A126472816.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "Ancylodactylus koehleri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. 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. (Cnemaspis koehleri, p. 144).

Further reading
  • Chirio, Laurent; LeBreton, Matthew (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (in French).
  • Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98 (1): 1-469 + Plates 1-7. ("Cnemaspis africanus köhleri [sic]", new combination, pp. 90–91).
  • Mertens R (1937). "Eine neue, tiergeographisch bemerkenswerte Eidechse aus Kamerun ". Senckenbergiana 19: 381-384. (Cnemaspis köhleri, new species). (in German).
  • Perret J-L (1986). "Révision des espèces africaines du Genre Cnemaspis Strauch, sous-genre Ancylodactylus Müller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), avec la description de quatre espèces nouvelles ". Revue suisse Zool. 93 (2): 457-505. (Cnemaspis koehleri, new status, pp. 477–480, Figures 17-18). (in French).


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