Greeff’s giant gecko

Greeff’s giant gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Hemidactylus
Species: H. greeffii
Binomial name
Hemidactylus greeffii
Bocage, 1886[1]

Greeff’s giant gecko (Hemidactylus greeffii ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is found on islands in the Gulf of Guinea off the east coast of Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, greeffii, is in honor of German zoologist Richard Greeff,[2] who collected the holotype.[1]

Geographic range

H. greeffii is endemic to the island of São Tomé and the associated islet of Ilhéu das Rolas, both in the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. It does not occur on the island of Príncipe.[1]

Reproduction

H. greeffii is oviparous.[1]

Conservation status

H. greeffii is listed as endangered.[1]

Taxonomy

The species H. greeffii was described and named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1886 when he visited the archipelago describing wildlife.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hemidactylus greeffii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-13.
  2. ↑ 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. (Hemidactylus greeffii, p. 107).
  3. ↑ Bocage, J. V. Barboza du (1886).

Further reading

  • Bocage, J. V. Barboza du (1886). "Reptis e Amphibios de S. Tomé ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 11: 65-70. (Hemidactylus greeffii, new species, pp. 66-68). (in Portuguese).
  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Hemidactylus greeffii, p. 484 in "Addenda and Corrigenda").



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