Scortecci's dwarf gecko

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| genus = Lygodactylus

| species = scorteccii

| authority = G. Pasteur, 1959

| synonyms = *Lygodactylus picturatus scorteccii
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  • Lygodactylus scorteccii
    {{small|— Kluge, 1993}}
  • Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) scorteccii
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Scortecci's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus scorteccii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, scorteccii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Giuseppe Scortecci.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 scorteccii, p. 239).

Geographic range

L. scorteccii is found in Ethiopia, northwestern Kenya, and Somalia.{{NRDB species|genus=Lygodactylus|species=scorteccii}}

Reproduction

L. scorteccii is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Pasteur G (1959). "Diagnose de Lygodactylus picturatus scorteccii subsp. nov. (gekkonidés)". Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc 59 (7): 105–106. (Lygodactylus picturatus scorteccii, new subspecies). (in French).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (in German). Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) scorteccii, p. 94.
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. {{ISBN|978-1472935618}}.

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Category:Lygodactylus

Category:Reptiles described in 1959

Category:Reptiles of Ethiopia

Category:Reptiles of Kenya

Category:Reptiles of Somalia

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