Muller's velvet gecko

Homopholis mulleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Homopholis
Species: H. mulleri
Binomial name
Homopholis mulleri
Visser, 1987
Synonyms

Platypholis mulleri

Muller's velvet gecko (Homopholis mulleri ) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, mulleri, is in honor of South African amateur herpetologist Douglas Muller.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Homopholis mulleri . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  2. ↑ 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. (Homopholis mulleri, p. 185).

Further reading

  • Visser J (1987). "A new Homopholis (Sauria, Gekkonidae) from the northern Transvaal with a discussion of some generic characters". South African J. Zool. 22 (2): 110-114. (Homopholis mulleri, new species). (in English, plus abstract in Afrikaans).


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