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Mann's dwarf gecko

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Spawls, S. |author-link=Stephen Spawls |author2=Beraduccii [sic], J. |author2-link=Joe Beraducci |author3=Malonza, P. |author3-link=species:Patrick Kenyatta Malonza |date=2014 |title=Lygodactylus manni |volume=2014 |page=e.T44648430A45124732 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T44648430A45124732.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

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| genus = Lygodactylus

| species = manni

| authority = Loveridge, 1928

| synonyms = *Lygodactylus manni
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  • Lygodactylus picturatus ukerewensis
    {{small|Loveridge, 1935}}
  • Lygodactylus manni
    {{small|— Kluge, 1993}}

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Mann's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus manni) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, manni, is in honor of William Montana Mann, who was an American entomologist and zoo director.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 manni, p. 167).

Geographic range

Lygodactylus manni is found in southwestern Kenya and northern Tanzania.{{NRDB species|genus=Lygodactylus|species=manni}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Lygodactylus manni is savanna, at altitudes of {{convert|1,000|–|1,800|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

Lygodactylus manni is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Loveridge A (1928). "Description of a new species of gecko from Tanganyika territory, Africa". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 72 (24): 1–2 + Plate I). (Lygodactylus manni, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Gekkotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus manni, p. 93). (in German).
  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. {{ISBN|978-1472935618}}. (Lygodactylus manni, p. 110).

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Category:Lygodactylus

Category:Reptiles of Kenya

Category:Reptiles of Tanzania

Category:Reptiles described in 1928

Category:Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge

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