Biology:Rasmussen's gecko

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Short description: Species of lizard

Rasmussen's gecko
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Urocotyledon
Species:
U. rasmusseni
Binomial name
Urocotyledon rasmusseni

Rasmussen's gecko (Urocotyledon rasmusseni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, rasmusseni, is in honor of Danish herpetologist Jens Bødtker Rasmussen.[2]

Reproduction

U. rasmusseni is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Urocotyledon rasmusseni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
  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. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, p. 217).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM, Menegon M (2006). "A new species of prehensile-tailed gecko, Urocotyledon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania". African Journal of Herpetology 55: 13–22. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, new species).
  • 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. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, p. 126).


Wikidata ☰ Q1909730 entry