African gecko

The African gecko (Ancylodactylus africanus) is a species of gecko found in Central Africa.[2]

African gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Ancylodactylus
Species:
A. africanus
Binomial name
Ancylodactylus africanus
(Werner, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Gymnodactylus africanus
  • Ancylodactylus africana

Two subspecies have been described before the change from Cnemaspis to Ancylodactylus. [3]

- Cnemaspis africana africana

- Cnemaspis africana elgonensis

References

  1. Howell, K.; Beraduccii, J.; Ngalason, W. (2014). "Cnemaspis africana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T203832A2771731. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T203832A2771731.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Ancylodactylus africanus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. Cnemaspis africana at Animal Diversity Web
  • Werner, F. 1896 Über einige Reptilien aus Usambara (Deutsch-Ostafrika). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 45 [1895]:190-194.
  • Rösler, H. 2000 Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Perret J L 1986 Revision des espèces africaines du genre Cnemaspis Strauch, sous-genre Ancylodactylus Muller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), avec la description de quatre espèces nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 93 (2) 1986: 457-505
  • Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991 A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1-70
  • Bauer,A.M. & Günther,R. 1991 An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 67: 279-310
  • Atlas de la terrariophile Vol.3 : les lézards. Animalia Éditions, 2003. ISBN 2-9517895-2-1


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