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Matschie's dwarf gecko

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| name = Matschie's dwarf gecko

| image = Lygodactylus conradti.jpg

| image_caption = Captive Lygodactylus conradti

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Msuya CA, Howell K, Ngalason W (2021). "Lygodactylus conradti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44648228A45064477.en. Accessed on 02 April 2022.

| taxon = Lygodactylus conradti

| authority = Matschie, 1892

}}

Matschie's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus conradti), also known commonly as Conradt's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa. There are no valid subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, conradti, is in honor of Leopold Conradt, collector of the holotype.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 conradti, p. 57).

Geographic range

L. conradti is found in northeastern Tanzania{{EMBL species|genus=Lygodactylus|species=conradti}} www.reptile-database.org. and Kenya.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. conradti is forest, at altitudes of {{convert|1,000|–|1,200|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Behavior

L. conradti is diurnal and arboreal.

Diet

L. conradti eats fruit and preys upon small insects.

Reproduction

L. conradti is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.

References

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External links

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  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070929013959/http://www.zooinstitutes.com/Zoology/continents.asp?name=AFRICA

Further reading

  • Broadley DG, Howell KM (1991). "A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys". Syntarsus 1: 1–70.
  • Matschie P (1892). "Über eine kleine Sammlung von Säugethieren und Reptilien, welche Herr L. Conradt aus Usambara (Deutsch-Ostafrika) heimgebracht hat ". Sitsungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1892: 101–110. (Lygodactylus conradti, new species, p. 109). (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus conradti, p. 92). (in German).
  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. {{ISBN|978-1472935618}}. (Lygodactylus conradti, p. 103).

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Category:Lygodactylus

Category:Reptiles described in 1892

Category:Reptiles of Africa

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