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Hemidactylus puccionii

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Hemidactylus puccionii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. puccionii
Binomial name
Hemidactylus puccionii
Calabresi, 1927

Hemidactylus puccionii, also known commonly as the Somali plain gecko and the Zanzibar leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to easten Africa.

Etymology

Portrait of Nello Puccioni, 1903 oil painting by Giovanni Costetti, frame by Adolfo De Carolis.

The specific name, puccionii, is in honor of Italian naturalist Nello Puccioni (1881–1937).[1]

Geographic range

H. puccionii is found in Somalia and Tanzania (Zanzibar).[2]

Reproduction

H. puccionii is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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 puccionii, p. 212).
  2. ^ a b Hemidactylus puccionii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Calabresi E (1927). "Anfibi e rettili raccolti nella Somalia dai Proff. G. Stefanini e N. Puccioni (gennaio – luglio 1924) [= Amphibians and Reptiles Collected in Somalia by Professors G. Stefanini and N. Puccioni (January – July 1924)]". Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 66: 14–60. (Hemidactylus puccionii, new species, p. 23). (in Italian).
  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: checklist and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)" Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Hemidactylus puccionii, p. 87). (in German).