Lygodactylus grandisonae
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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. grandisonae
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| Lygodactylus grandisonae G. Pasteur, 1962
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Lygodactylus grandisonae, also known commonly as Bunty's dwarf gecko, Grandison's dwarf gecko, and the Kenya dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa and the Horn of Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, grandisonae, is in honor of British herpetologist Alice Georgie Cruikshank "Bunty" Grandison (1927–2014).[2][3]
Geographic range
L. grandisonae is found in Ethiopia and Kenya.[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Lygodactylus grandisonae is savanna, at an altitude of 800 m (2,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
L. grandisonae is oviparous.[4]
References
- ^ a b Malonza P, Spawls S, Menegon M (2014). "Lygodactylus grandisonae ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T178212A42282505. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178212A42282505.en. Downloaded on 04 July 2018.
- ^ 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 grandisonae, p. 106).
- ^ Anonymous (2014). "The Passing of Alice G. C. Grandison". American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Current News. asih.org/news/2014/passing-alice-g-c-grandison.
- ^ a b Lygodactylus grandisonae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Lygodactylus grandisonae, p. 324).
- Pasteur G (1962). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). II. Diagnose de quelques Lygodactylus d'Afrque". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire 24: 606–614. (Lygodactylus grandisonae, new species). (in French).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus grandisonae, p. 93). (in German).
- Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harold; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus grandisonae, p. 104).