Granchi's leaf-toed gecko

Granchi's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus granchii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1][2]

Granchi's leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. granchii
Binomial name
Hemidactylus granchii
Lanza, 1978

Etymology

The specific name, granchii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Edoardo Granchi of the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze.[2][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. granchii are savanna and shrubland.[1]

Reproduction

H. granchii is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Spawls, S. (2021). "Hemidactylus granchii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18490404A18490408. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18490404A18490408.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. Hemidactylus granchii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2022.
  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. (Hemidactylus granchii, p. 105).

Further reading
  • Lanza B (1978). "On some new or interesting East African amphibians and reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 10 (14): 229–297. (Hemidactylus granchii, new species, p. 255).
  • Mazuch T (2013). Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Dřiteč, Czech Republic: Tomáš Mazuch Publishing. 80 pp. ISBN 978-80-905439-0-4.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus granchii, p. 86). (in German).
  • Šmíd, Jiří; Mazuch, Tomáš; Sindaco, Roberto (2014). "An additional record of the little known gecko Hemidactylus granchii Lanza, 1978 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Somalia". pp. 165–169. In: Capula, Massimo; Corti, Claudia (editors) (2014). Scripta Herpetologica. Studies on Amphibians and Reptiles in honour of Benedetto Lanza. Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 200 pp.



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