Scheffler's 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. scheffleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus scheffleri Sternfeld, 1912
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Scheffler's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus scheffleri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa. There are three recognized subspecies.
Etymology
The specific name, scheffleri, is in honor of Georg Scheffler, who was a German collector of natural history specimens,[3] and who collected the holotype.[2]
Geographic range
L. scheffleri is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of L. scheffleri are forest and savanna.[1]
Reproduction
L. scheffleri is oviparous.[2]
Subspecies
The following three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Lygodactylus scheffleri compositus G. Pasteur, 1964
- Lygodactylus scheffleri scheffleri Sternfeld, 1912
- Lygodactylus scheffleri ulugurensis G. Pasteur, 1964
References
- ^ a b Spawls S, Howell K, Beraducci J, Malonza P (2014). "Lygodactylus scheffleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T44648458A44928812. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T44648458A44928812.en. Downloaded on 08 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Lygodactylus scheffleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus scheffleri, p. 235).
Further reading
- Pasteur G (1964). "Recherches sur l'évolution des lygodactyles, lézards Afro-Malagaches actuels ". Travaux de l'Institut scientifique Chérifien, série Zoologie (29): 1–132. (Lygodactylus scheffleri compositus, new subspecies; L. s. ulugurensis, new subspecies). (in French).
- Spawls, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus scheffleri, p. 113).
- Sternfeld R (1912). "Reptilia ". pp. 197–279. In: Schubotz H (1912). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1907–1908 unter Führung Adolph Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band IV [Volume 4]. Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 485 pp. (Lygodactylus fischeri Var. scheffleri, new variety, pp. 206-207). (in German).
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