Biology:Cnemaspis dickersonae
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Short description: Species of lizard
Cnemaspis dickersonae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cnemaspis |
Species: | C. dickersonae
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Binomial name | |
Cnemaspis dickersonae (Schmidt, 1919)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Cnemaspis dickersonae, also known commonly as Dickerson's forest gecko, Dickerson's gecko, or the four-lined forest gecko, is a species of gecko endemic to eastern Africa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, dickersonae, is in honor of American herpetologist Mary Cynthia Dickerson.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cnemaspis dickersonae ". http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cnemaspis&species=dickersonae&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Cnemaspis+dickersoni%27%29%29. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ↑ 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. (Cnemaspis dickersonae, p. 72).
Further reading
- Schmidt KP (1919). "Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Part I. Turtles, Crocodiles, Lizards, and Chameleons". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 39 (2): 385–624. (Gonatodes dickersoni, new species, p. 436).
Wikidata ☰ Q2980833 entry