Bernard's dwarf gecko
Bernard's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus bernardi), also commonly known as FitzSimons's dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa.
Bernard's dwarf gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Lygodactylus |
Species: | L. bernardi |
Binomial name | |
Lygodactylus bernardi V. FitzSimons, 1958 | |
Etymology
The specific name, bernardi, is in honor of British archaeologist Bernard Evelyn Buller Fagg.[1]
Description
Dorsally, L. bernardi is olive with pale spots. Ventrally, it is bluish-white on the throat, yellow on the belly, and orange to orange-brown on the tail.[2]
Adults are only 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL).[2]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
- Lygodactylus bernardi bernardi V. FitzSimons, 1958
- Lyodactylus bernardi bonsi G. Pasteur, 1962
References
- 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 bernardi, p. 24).
- Branch, Bill (1998). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. 399 pp. (Lygodactylus bernardi, p. 246 + Plate 90). https://books.google.com/books?id=hs9EzcxkCE4C&pg=PA246&lpg=PA246&dq=Bernard%27s+dwarf+gecko&source=bl&ots=qz4lmh-F0Z&sig=roWlPTkFwEg7-D-6oXh5bdJalck&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj45-Hrr4LPAhXCQyYKHd9-B4QQ6AEITzAL#v=onepage&q=Bernard's%20dwarf%20gecko&f=false
- Species Lygodactylus bernardi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Lygodactylus bernardi, p. 246 + Plate 90).
- FitzSimons V (1958). "On a small collection of reptiles and amphibians from the Inyanga District, S. Rhodesia". Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 3: 204–214. (Lygodactylus bernardi, new species).
- Pasteur G (1962). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). II. Diagnose de quelques Lygodactylus d'Afrique". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire 24: 606–614. (Lygodactylus bernardi bonsi, new subspecies). (in French).
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