Coastal rock gecko
| Coastal rock gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Pristurus |
| Species: | P. simonettai
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| Binomial name | |
| Pristurus simonettai | |
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The coastal rock gecko (Pristurus simonettai) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1][2]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, simonettai, is in honor of Italian zoologist Alberto Mario Simonetta (born 1930).[3]
Geographic range[edit]
P. simonettai is found in southern Somalia.[1][2]
Description[edit]
The body of P. simonettai is almost completely covered with strongly carinate imbricate scales.[4]
Reproduction[edit]
P. simonettai is oviparous.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Mazuch, T. (2021). "Pristurus simonettai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22472118A22472160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22472118A22472160.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Pristurus simonettai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2022.
- ^ 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. (Pristurus simonettai, p. 244).
- ^ Lanza & Sassi (1968).
Further reading[edit]
- Arnold EN (2009). "Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology". Zootaxa 2060: 1–21.
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
- Lanza B, Sassi AR (1968). "On a new genus and species of gekkonid lizard from Somalia, ricerche sulla fauna della Somalia promosse dall'Istituto di Zoologia e dal Museo Zoologico dell'Università di Firenze: XXIX ". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 2: 17–26. (Geisopristurus, new genus; G. simonettai, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pristurus simonettai, p. 106). (in German).
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