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Angel's dwarf gecko

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Vences M |author-link=Miguel Vences |date=2011 |title=Lygodactylus decaryi |volume=2011 |page=e.T172838A6927520 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172838A6927520.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

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| genus = Lygodactylus

| species = decaryi

| authority = Angel, 1930

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| range_map = Lygodactylus decaryi distribution.png

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Angel's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus decaryi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, decaryi, is in honor of French botanist Raymond Decary.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 decaryi, p. 67).

Geographic range

L. decaryi is found in southern Madagascar.{{NRDB species|genus=Lygodactylus|species=decaryi}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. decaryi is savanna, at an altitude of {{convert|400|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

L. decaryi is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Angel F (1930). "Sur un lézard nouveau de Madagascar, appartenant au genre Lygodactylus. (Matériaux de la mission R. Decary, en 1926)". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 55: 253–255. (Lygodactylus decaryi, new species). (in French).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. {{ISBN|978-3929449037}}.
  • Puente M, Glaw F, Vieites DR, Vences M (2009). "Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Zootaxa 2103: 1–76. (Lygodactylus decaryi, p. 51).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus decaryi, p. 92). (in German).

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Category:Lygodactylus

Category:Reptiles described in 1930

Category:Reptiles of Madagascar

Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar

Category:Taxa named by Fernand Angel

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