Bradfield's dwarf gecko

Bradfield's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus bradfieldi) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa.

Bradfield's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. bradfieldi
Binomial name
Lygodactylus bradfieldi
Hewitt, 1932
Synonyms[1]
  • Lygodactylus bradfieldi
    Hewitt, 1932
  • Lygodactylus capensis ngamiensis
    V. FitzSimons, 1932
  • Lygodactylus capensis bradfieldi
    — Auerbach, 1987
  • Lygodactylus bradfieldi
    — Kluge, 1993

Geographic range

L. bradfieldi is native to southern Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and the Republic of South Africa.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, bradfieldi, is in honor of R.D. Bradfield (1882–1949), who was a South African farmer and naturalist.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. bradfieldi are desert and savanna.[4]

Description

L. bradfieldi may attain a snout-to-vent length of 3 cm (1.2 in). Dorsally, it is grayish brown, with white and black stripes. Ventrally, it is cream-colored.[4]

Reproduction

L. bradfieldi is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Species Lygodactylus bradfieldi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Bradfield's dwarf gecko/Lygodactylus bradfieldi ". Zoo Institutes. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus bradfieldi, p. 36).
  4. Branch (2004).

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 bradfieldi, p. 246 + Plate 91).
  • Broadley DG (1991). "Geographical Distribution: Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt 1932". Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39 (1): 19.
  • Hewitt J (1932). "Some New Species and Subspecies of South African Batrachians and Lizards". Annals of the Natal Museum 7 (1): 105-128 + Plate VI. (Lygodactylus bradfieldi, new species, pp. 126–128 + Plate VI, figure 10).
  • Jacobsen NHG (2011). "The distribution of Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt 1932 in Limpopo Province, South Africa". African Herp News, Newsletter of the Herpetological Association of Africa (53): 21–27.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus bradfieldi, p. 92). (in German).



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