Cameroon dwarf gecko
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. conraui
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| Lygodactylus conraui Tornier, 1902
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The Cameroon dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus conraui), also known commonly as Conrau's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to West Africa and Central Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, conraui, is in honor of German colonial agent Gustav Conrau.[1]
Geographic range
L. conraui is found from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.[2][3][4]
Reproduction
References
- ^ 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 conraui, p. 58).
- ^ Trape, Jean-Françios; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara [Lizards, crocodiles and turtles of West Africa and the Sahara] (in French). Marseille: IRD Éditions. ISBN 978-2-7099-1726-1.
- ^ a b Lygodactylus conraui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Pauwels, Olivier S.G. [in French]; Carlino, Piero; Chirio, Laurent; Albert, Jean-Louis (2016). "Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica IV" (PDF). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 51 (5): 73–79. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
Further reading
- Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98: 1–469. (Lygodactylus conraui, pp. 220–221).
- Rösler H (1902). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus conraui, p. 92). (in German).
- Tornier G (1902). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Kamerun [The Crocodilians, Turtles and Lizards in Cameroon]". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 15 (6): 663–677 + Plate 35. (Lygodactylus conraui, new species, pp. 670–671 + Plate 35, figure 3). (in German).