Broadley's dwarf gecko

Broadley's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Lygodactylus
Species: L. broadleyi
Binomial name
Lygodactylus broadleyi

Broadley's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus broadleyi) is a species of geckos native to Tanzania.

Etymology

The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of herpetologist Donald G. Broadley.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 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 broadleyi, p. 39).

Further reading

  • Pasteur G. 1995. "Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lezards Lygodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Dumerilia 2:1-21. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, new species). (in French).


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