Bernard's dwarf gecko

Bernard's dwarf gecko[1] (Lygodactylus bernardi), also commonly known as FitzSimons' dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Zimbabwe.[2]

Bernard's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. bernardi
Binomial name
Lygodactylus bernardi

Etymology

The specific name, bernardi, is in honor of British archaeologist Bernard Evelyn Buller Fagg.[1]

Geographic range

L. bernardi is endemic to eastern Zimbabwe.[2] Lygodactylus bonsi from Malawi was originally described as a subspecies of L. bernardi.[3]

Description

Dorsally, L. bernardi is olive with pale spots. Ventrally, it is bluish-white on the throat, yellow on the belly, and orange to orange-brown on the tail.[4]

Adults are only 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL).[4]

Reproduction

L. bernardi is an oviparous species.[2]

References
  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.(Lygodactylus bernardi, p. 24).
  2. Lygodactylus bernardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 September 2021.
  3. Lygodactylus bonsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 September 2021.
  4. Branch, Bill (1998). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 246. ISBN 9780883590423.

Further reading
  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Lygodactylus bernardi, p. 246 + Plate 90).
  • FitzSimons V (1958). "On a small collection of reptiles and amphibians from the Inyanga District, S. Rhodesia". Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 3: 204–214. (Lygodactylus bernardi, new species).
  • Pasteur G (1962). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). II. Diagnose de quelques Lygodactylus d'Afrique". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire 24: 606–614. (Lygodactylus bernardi bonsi, new subspecies). (in French).



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