Speedy leaf-toed gecko
The speedy leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus citernii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa and the Horn of Africa.
| Speedy leaf-toed gecko | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. citernii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus citernii Boulenger, 1912 | |
Etymology
The specific name, citernii, is in honor of Italian explorer Carlo Citerni.[2]
Geographic range
H. citernii is found in Djibouti and northwestern Somalia, and possibly also in Kenya.[1][3]
Habitat
H. citernii has been found in a variety of habitats, at altitudes of 50–960 m (160–3,150 ft).[1]
References
- Mazuch T (2021). "Hemidactylus citernii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18489004A18489011.en. Accessed on 27 February 2022.
- 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 citernii, p. 54).
- Hemidactylus citernii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1912). "Missione per la Frontiera Italo-Etiopica sotto il commando del Capitano Carlo Citerni. Resulti zoologici. List of the Reptiles and Batrachians". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie terza [Third Series] 5: 329–332. (Hemidactylus citernii, new species, pp. 329–330). (in English, except for some Italian in title).
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: checklist and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Hemidactylus citernii, p. 414).
- Parker HW (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 91: 1–101. (Hemidactylus citernii, p. 30).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus citernii, p. 85). (in German).
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