Togo leaf-toed gecko

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Chirio, L. |author2=Trape, J. |author3=Luiselli, L. |date=2013 |title=Hemidactylus matschiei |volume=2013 |page=e.T203845A2771815 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203845A2771815.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Hemidactylus

| species = matschiei

| authority = (Tornier, 1901)

| synonyms = *Bunocnemis matschiei
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Hemidactylus matschiei
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The Togo leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus matschiei) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to West Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, matschiei, is in honor of German zoologist Paul Matschie.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}}. (Hemidactylus matschiei, p. 171).

Geographic range

H. matschiei is found in Nigeria and Togo.{{NRDB species|genus=Hemidactylus|species=matschiei |accessdate=12 October 2020}}

Reproduction

H. matschiei is oviparous.

Togo leaf-toed gecko

Etymology

Geographic range

Reproduction

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