Lygodactylus montiscaeruli

The Makgabeng dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus montiscaeruli) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Lygodactylus montiscaeruli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. montiscaeruli
Binomial name
Lygodactylus montiscaeruli
Jacobsen, 1992
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli
    Jacobsen, 1992
  • Lygodactylus montiscaeruli
    — Travers, Jackman & Bauer, 2014

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. montiscaeruli are rocky areas and savanna.[1]

Description

L. montiscaeruli has 7 to 8 precloacal pores.[3]

Reproduction

L. montiscaeruli is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R. (2018). "Lygodactylus montiscaeruli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T196922A115662265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T196922A115662265.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Species Lygodactylus montiscaeruli at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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 nigropunctatus montiscaeruli, p. 248 + Plate 109).

Further reading
  • Jacobsen NHG (1992). "New Lygodactylus taxa (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Transvaal". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 43 (4): 527–542. (Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli, new subspecies, pp. 532–537, Figures 1–2).
  • Röll B (2018). "Tagaktive, kleine Geckos – die Gattung Lygodactylus". Reptilia 23 (132): 16–23. (in German).
  • Travers SL, Jackman TR, Bauer AM (2014). "A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 31–42. (Lygodactylus montiscaeruli, new status).


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