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Pasteur's dwarf gecko

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| name = Pasteur's dwarf gecko

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Vences, M. |date=2011 |title=Lygodactylus arnoulti |volume=2011 |page=e.T172991A6954177 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172991A6954177.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Lygodactylus

| species = arnoulti

| authority = G. Pasteur, 1965

| range_map = Lygodactylus arnoulti distribution.png

| range_map_caption = Geographic range of L.arnoulti on the island of Madagascar.

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Pasteur's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus arnoulti), also commonly known as Arnoult's gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, arnoulti, is in honor of French ichthyologist Jacques Arnoult (1914–1995).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 arnoulti, p. 12).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. arnoulti are grassland and savanna, at altitudes of {{convert|1,700|–|2,100|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

L. arnoulti is oviparous.{{EMBL species|genus=Lygodactylus|species=arnoulti}} www.reptile-database.org.

References

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External links

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

Further reading

  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. {{ISBN|978-3929449037}}.
  • Pasteur G (1965). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). IV. Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 36: 311–314. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, new species). (in French).
  • Röll B (2004). "Lygodactylus arnoulti Pasteur". Sauria Supplement 26 (3): 613–616. (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, p. 92). (in German).

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Arnoulti

Category:Reptiles described in 1965

Category:Reptiles of Madagascar

Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar

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