Pasteur's dwarf gecko

Pasteur's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus arnoulti), also commonly known as Arnoult's gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Madagascar.

Pasteur's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. arnoulti
Binomial name
Lygodactylus arnoulti
Geographic range of L.arnoulti on the island of Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, arnoulti, is in honor of French ichthyologist Jacques Arnoult (1914–1995).[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. arnoulti are grassland and savanna, at altitudes of 1,700–2,100 m (5,600–6,900 ft).[1]

Reproduction

L. arnoulti is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Vences, M. (2011). "Lygodactylus arnoulti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172991A6954177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172991A6954177.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 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. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, p. 12).
  3. Species Lygodactylus arnoulti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
  • Pasteur G (1965). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). IV. Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 36: 311–314. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, new species). (in French).
  • Röll B (2004). "Lygodactylus arnoulti Pasteur". Sauria Supplement 26 (3): 613–616. (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, p. 92). (in German).


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