Blanc's dwarf gecko

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

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Lygodactylus blanci at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 May 2013.
  3. ↑ 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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