Biology:Hemidactylus funaiolii
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. funaiolii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus funaiolii Lanza, 1978
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Hemidactylus funaiolii, also known commonly as the Archer's Post gecko and the Kenya leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, funaiolii, is in honor of Italian zoologist Ugo Funaioli.[1]
Geographic range
H. funaiolii is found from Somalia to central Kenya.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of H. funaiolii are savanna, shrubland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 300–600 m (980–1,970 ft).[3]
Description
H. funaiolii is a small species for its genus. The dorsal surface of the body is covered with uniform keeled scales which are strongly imbricate.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 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 funaiolii, p. 95).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hemidactylus funaiolii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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Further reading
- Lanza B (1978). "On some new or interesting East African amphibians and reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 10 (1): 229–297. (Hemidactylus funaiolii, new species, p. 271). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus funaiolii, p. 86). (in German).
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN:978-1472935618. (Hemidactylus funaiolii, p. 88).
Wikidata ☰ Q3130065 entry
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