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Grant's leaf-toed gecko

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Grant's leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. granti
Binomial name
Hemidactylus granti
Boulenger, 1899

Grant's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus granti) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island Socotra.[2] Usually it can be found camouflaging at rocky areas such as cliffs and mountain peaks.

Etymology

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The specific name, granti, is in honor of Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant.[3]

Geographic range

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H. granti is found in the Hajhir Mountains of Socotra, Yemen.[1]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of H. granti is rocky areas, but not limestone, at altitudes of 970–1,463 m (3,182–4,800 ft).[1]

Reproduction

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H. granti is oviparous.[2] Eggs are laid in communal clutches of up to 80 eggs in rock fissures and under stones.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Hemidactylus granti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T199724A9123061. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199724A9123061.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hemidactylus granti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ 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. (Hemidactylus granti, p. 106).

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1899). "The Expedition to Sokotra: II. Descriptions of the New Species of Reptiles". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2: 4–7. (Hemidactylus granti, new species, p. 4).
  • Razzetti E et al. (14 authors) (2011). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia)". Zootaxa 2826 (1): 1–44.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus granti, p. 86). (in German).
  • Rösler R, Wranik W (2004). "A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago". Fauna of Arabia 20: 505–534.