African gecko
(Redirected from Cnemaspis africana)
| African gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Ancylodactylus |
| Species: | A. africanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancylodactylus africanus Werner, 1895
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The African gecko (Ancylodactylus africanus) is a species of gecko found in Central Africa.[2]
Two subspecies have been described before the change from Cnemaspis to Ancylodactylus. [3]
- Cnemaspis africana africana
- Cnemaspis africana elgonensis
References
[edit]- ^ Howell, K.; Beraduccii, J.; Ngalason, W. (2014). "Cnemaspis africana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T203832A2771731. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T203832A2771731.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Ancylodactylus africanus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Cnemaspis africana at Animal Diversity Web
- Werner, F. 1896 Über einige Reptilien aus Usambara (Deutsch-Ostafrika). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 45 [1895]:190-194.
- Rösler, H. 2000 Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
- Perret J L 1986 Revision des espèces africaines du genre Cnemaspis Strauch, sous-genre Ancylodactylus Muller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), avec la description de quatre espèces nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 93 (2) 1986: 457-505
- Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991 A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1-70
- Bauer,A.M. & Günther,R. 1991 An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 67: 279-310
- Atlas de la terrariophile Vol.3 : les lézards. Animalia Éditions, 2003. ISBN 2-9517895-2-1