Bernard's dwarf gecko

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| genus = Lygodactylus

| species = bernardi

| authority = V. FitzSimons, 1958

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Bernard's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus bernardi), also commonly known as FitzSimons' dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Zimbabwe.

Etymology

The specific name, bernardi, is in honor of British archaeologist Bernard Evelyn Buller Fagg.{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |name-list-style=amp |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0F758vNQ0UUC&pg=PA24 |date=2011 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore |isbn=978-1-4214-0135-5 |pages=xiii + 296 pp}}(Lygodactylus bernardi, p. 24).

Geographic range

L. bernardi is endemic to eastern Zimbabwe. Lygodactylus bonsi from Malawi was originally described as a subspecies of L. bernardi.{{NRDB species |genus=Lygodactylus |species=bonsi |access-date=15 September 2021}}

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.

Adults are only {{convert|3|-|4|cm|in|abbr=on}} in snout-to-vent length (SVL).{{cite book |author-link=William Roy Branch |author=Branch, Bill |year=1998 |title=Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa |location=Cape Town |publisher=Struik Publishers |page=246 |isbn=9780883590423 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIErAQAAMAAJ }}

Reproduction

L. bernardi is an oviparous species.

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