Bradfield's dwarf gecko
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| name = Bradfield's dwarf gecko
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| genus = Lygodactylus
| species = bradfieldi
| authority = Hewitt, 1932
| synonyms = *Lygodactylus bradfieldi
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- Lygodactylus capensis ngamiensis
{{small|V. FitzSimons, 1932}} - Lygodactylus capensis bradfieldi
{{small|— Auerbach, 1987}} - Lygodactylus bradfieldi
{{small|— Kluge, 1993}}
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Bradfield's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus bradfieldi) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa.
Geographic range
L. bradfieldi is native to southern Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and the Republic of South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.zooinstitutes.com/Zoology/animal.asp?name=13193|title=Bradfield's dwarf gecko/Lygodactylus bradfieldi |publisher=Zoo Institutes|accessdate=5 February 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718160227/http://www.zooinstitutes.com/Zoology/animal.asp?name=13193|archivedate=18 July 2011}}
Etymology
The specific name, bradfieldi, is in honor of R.D. Bradfield (1882–1949), who was a South African farmer and naturalist.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Lygodactylus bradfieldi, p. 36).
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of L. bradfieldi are desert and savanna.Branch (2004).
Description
L. bradfieldi may attain a snout-to-vent length of {{convert|3|cm|in|abbr=on}}. Dorsally, it is grayish brown, with white and black stripes. Ventrally, it is cream-colored.
Reproduction
References
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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 bradfieldi, p. 246 + Plate 91).
- Broadley DG (1991). "Geographical Distribution: Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt 1932". Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39 (1): 19.
- Hewitt J (1932). "Some New Species and Subspecies of South African Batrachians and Lizards". Annals of the Natal Museum 7 (1): 105-128 + Plate VI. (Lygodactylus bradfieldi, new species, pp. 126–128 + Plate VI, figure 10).
- Jacobsen NHG (2011). "The distribution of Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt 1932 in Limpopo Province, South Africa". African Herp News, Newsletter of the Herpetological Association of Africa (53): 21–27.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus bradfieldi, p. 92). (in German).
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Category:Reptiles described in 1932
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