Biology:Cameroon dwarf gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. conraui
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| Lygodactylus conraui Tornier, 1902
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The Cameroon dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus conraui), also known commonly as Conrau's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. This small gecko is found in forests, plantations and gardens in West Africa and Central Africa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, conraui, is in honor of late 19th-century German collector Gustav Conrau.[2]
Geographic range
Lygodactylus conraui is found from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.[3][4][5]
Reproduction
Lygodactlyus conraui is oviparous.[4]
Behaviour
The species is known to exhibit anthropochory (taking advantage of human activity) and to use edificarian (human) habitat.[6]
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedIUCN 2021 - ↑ 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. (Lygodactylus conraui, p. 58).
- ↑ Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012) (in French). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Marseille: IRD Éditions. ISBN 978-2-7099-1726-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lygodactylus conraui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Pauwels, Olivier S.G.; Carlino, Piero; Chirio, Laurent; Albert, Jean-Louis (2016). "Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica IV". Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 51 (5): 73–79. http://www.chicagoherp.org/bulletin/51(5).pdf. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
- ↑ Manners, Guy R.; Georgen, Georg. "Lygodactylus conraui (Cameroon or Conrau's dwarf gecko): Use of edificarian habitat and anthropochory in Benin". The Herpetological Bulletin 131: 32–33. https://www.thebhs.org/publications/the-herpetological-bulletin/issue-number-131-spring-2015/357-11-i-lygodactylus-conraui-i-cameroon-or-conrau-s-dwarf-gecko-use-of-edificarian-habitat-and-anthropochory-in-benin.
Further reading
- Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98: 1–469. (Lygodactylus conraui, pp. 220–221).
- Rösler H (1902). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus conraui, p. 92). (in German).
- Tornier G (1902). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Kamerun [The Crocodilians, Turtles and Lizards in Cameroon]". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 15 (6): 663–677 + Plate 35. (Lygodactylus conraui, new species, pp. 670–671 + Plate 35, figure 3). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q3269292 entry
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