Kluge's dwarf gecko

Kluge's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus klugei) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to northeastern Brazil.

Kluge's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. klugei
Binomial name
Lygodactylus klugei
(H.M. Smith, Martin & Swain, 1977)
Synonyms[2]
  • Vanzoia klugei
    H.M. Smith, Martin & Swain, 1977
  • Lygodactylus klugei
    — Bons & Pasteur, 1977

Etymology

The specific name, klugei, is in honor of American herpetologist Arnold G. Kluge.[3]

Geographic range

L. klugei is found in the Brazilian States of Bahia, Ceará, Piauí, and Rio Grande do Norte.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. klugei is savanna.[1]

Diet

L. klugei mainly preys upon insects and spiders, but it also eats nectar.[4]

Reproduction

L. klugei is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Colli GR et al. (25 authors) (2019). "Lygodactylus klugei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T110212120A110212143. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T110212120A110212143.pt. Downloaded on 28 June 2020.
  2. Lygodactylus klugei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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. (Lygodactylus klugei, p. 143).
  4. Aximov, Izar; Felix, Edesio (2017). "Lygodactylus klugei (Kluge's Dwarf Gecko). Diet". Herpetological Review 48 (2): 439.

Further reading
  • Bons, Jacques; Pasteur, Georges (1977). "Solution histologique à un problème de taxinomie herpétologique interessant les rapports paléobiologiques de l'Amerique du Sud e de l'Afrique ". C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 284 (D): 2547–2550. (Lygodactylus klugei, new combination). (in French).
  • Lanna FM, Gehara M, Werneck FP, Fonseca EM, Colli GR, Sites JW, Rodrigues MT, Garda AA (2019). "Dwarf geckos and giant rivers: the role of the São Francisco River in the evolution of Lygodactylus klugei (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the semi-arid Caatinga of north-eastern Brazil". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129 (1): 88–98.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Vanzoi klugei, p. 120). (in German).
  • Smith, Hobart M.; Martin, Robert L.; Swain, Tom A. (1977). "A new genus and two new species of South American geckos (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 30: 195–213. (Vanzoia klugei, new species, p. 196).


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