Biology:Hemidactylus klauberi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Hemidactylus klauberi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. klauberi
Binomial name
Hemidactylus klauberi
Scortecci, 1948

Hemidactylus klauberi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, klauberi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence Monroe Klauber.[2]

Reproduction

H. klauberi is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hemidactylus klauberi 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. (Hemidactylus klauberi, p. 143).

Further reading

  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Hemidactylus klauberi, p. 415).
  • Scortecci G (1948). "Un nuovo Hemidactylus della Somalia ". Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Università di Genova 22: 51–55. (Hemidactylus klauberi, new species). (in Italian).

Wikidata ☰ Q3130086 entry