Homopholis
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Homopholis
| image = Homopholis fasciata1 cropped.JPG
| image_caption = H. fasciata
| taxon = Homopholis (lizard)
| authority = Boulenger, 1885
| diversity = 4 species (see text)
}}
Homopholis is a genus of geckos found in Sub-Saharan Africa.{{NRDB genus|genus=Homopholis|accessdate=1 January 2015}} Their diet consists of small insects, and they are oviparous.
Species
- Homopholis arnoldi {{small|Loveridge, 1944}}
- Homopholis fasciata {{small|(Boulenger, 1890)}} — banded velvet gecko, striped velvet gecko
- Homopholis mulleri {{small|Visser, 1987}} — Muller's velvet gecko
- Homopholis wahlbergii {{small|(A. Smith, 1849)}} — Wahlberg's velvet gecko
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Homopholis.
Nomenclatural note: The spelling walbergii was corrected to wahlbergii by Smith (1849) in an errata within an addenda slip (unpaginated).
References
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Homopholis, new genus, p. 191).
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