Biology:Crombie's wall gecko

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Short description: Species of lizard

Crombie's wall gecko
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Tarentola
Species:
T. crombiei
Binomial name
Tarentola crombiei
Díaz & Hedges, 2008

Crombie's wall gecko (Tarentola crombiei), also known commonly as the Oriente tuberculate gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, crombiei, is in honor of American herpetologist Ronald Ian Crombie.[2]

Geographic range

T. crombiei is found along the southeastern coast of Cuba in Granma Province, Guantánamo Province, and Santiago de Cuba Province.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. crombiei is dry forest.[3]

Description

T. crombiei is small for its genus, with a maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 57.8 mm (2.28 in).[1]

Diet

T. crombiei preys upon insects.[3]

Reproduction

T. crombiei is oviparous.[3][1] Clutch size is only one egg, which is fusiform and nonadhesive.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tarentola crombiei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. 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. (Tarentola crombiei, p. 62).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 18 November 2021

Further reading

  • Díaz LM, Hedges SB (2008). "A new gecko of the genus Tarentola (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Cuba". Zootaxa 1743: 53–61. (Tarentola crombiei, new species).


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