Blanc's dwarf gecko
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| Lygodactylus blanci G. Pasteur, 1967
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Lygodactylus blanci, commonly called Blanc's dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko native to central Madagascar.[2]
Etymology
Both the specific name, blanci, and the common name, Blanc's dwarf gecko, are in honor of French herpetologist Charles Pierre Blanc.[3]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Lygodactylus blanci at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 May 2013.
- ^ 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 blanci, p. 26).
Further reading
- Pasteur G. 1967. "Note préliminaire sur les geckos du genre Lygodactylus rapportés par Charles Blanc du Mont Ibity (Madagascar)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 39: 439-443.
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