Western dwarf gecko

Western dwarf gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Lygodactylus
Species: L. guibei
Binomial name
Lygodactylus guibei

The western dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus guibei ) is a small species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, guibei, is in honor of French herpetologist Jean Marius René Guibé.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Vences M (2011). "Lygodactylus guibei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172775A6915461. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172775A6915461.en. Downloaded on 04 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Lygodactylus guibei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  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 guibei, p. 111).

Further reading

  • Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-01-3.
  • Pasteur G (1965). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). IV. Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 36: 311-314. (Lygodactylus guibei, new species). (in French).



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