Newton's leaf-toed gecko
Newton's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus newtoni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
| Newton's leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. newtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus newtoni Ferreira, 1897[1] | |
Etymology
The specific name, newtoni, is in honor of Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton.[2]
Geographic range
H. newtoni is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea.[1]
Taxonomy
H. newtoni was described and named by Júlio Bethencourt Ferreira in 1897.
References
- Hemidactylus newtoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-26.
- 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 newtoni, p. 189).
Further reading
- Ferreira, J. Bethencourt (1897). "Sobre um Hemidactylus novo da ilha de Anno Bom ". Jornal de Sciencias, Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Segunda Série 4: 249–251. (Hemidactylus newtoni, new species). (in Portuguese).
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