Matschie's dwarf gecko

Matschie's dwarf gecko
Captive Lygodactylus conradti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria or
Lacertilia
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species: L. conradti
Binomial name
Lygodactylus conradti
Matschie, 1892

Matschie's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus conradti ) is a species of gecko native to eastern Tanzania, eastern Kenya, and western Cameroon. There are currently no listed subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, conradti, is in honor of Leopold Conradt, collector of the holotype.[1]

References

  1. 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 conradti, p. 57).

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