Blanc's dwarf gecko
Blanc's dwarf gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Lygodactylus |
Species: | L. blanci |
Binomial name | |
Lygodactylus blanci G. Pasteur, 1967 | |
Blanc's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus blanci) is a species of geckos native to central Madagascar.[2]
Etymology
Both the specific name, blanci, and the common name, Blanc's dwarf gecko, are in honor of French herpetologist Charles Pierre Blanc (born 1933).[3]
References
- ↑ Raxworthy CJ, Vences M (2010). "Lygodactylus blanci". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T178577A7574137. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178577A7574137.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ↑ Lygodactylus blanci at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 May 2013.
- ↑ 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 blanci, p. 26).
Further reading
- Pasteur G (1967). "Note préliminaire sur les geckos du genre Lygodactylus rapportés par Charles Blanc du Mont Ibity (Madagascar)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 39: 439-443. (Lygodactylus blanci, new species). (in French).
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