Biology:Lygodactylus grotei

Short description: Species of lizard

Lygodactylus grotei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. grotei
Binomial name
Lygodactylus grotei Sternfeld, 1911
Synonyms
Lygodactylus grotei Sternfeld, 1911 Lygodactylus capensis mossambica Loveridge, 1920 Lygodactylus capensis grotei — Broadley & Howell, 1991 Lygodactylus grotei — Branch, Rödel & Marais, 2005

Lygodactylus grotei, also known commonly as Grote's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa and Southern Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, grotei, is in honor of German ornithologist Hermann Grote, who collected the holotype of the species.

The subspecific name, pakenhami, is in honor of R. H. W. Pakenham, who collected the holotype of the subspecies.

Geographic range

L. grotei is found in Tanzania and northern Mozambique.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

• Lygodactylus grotei grotei Sternfeld, 1911
• Lygodactylus grotei pakenhami Loveridge, 1941

Further reading

• Loveridge A (1941). "New Geckos (Phelsuma & Lygodactylus), Snake (Leptotyphlops), and Frog (Phrynobatrachus) from Pemba Island, East Africa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54: 175–178. (Lygodactylus grotei pakenhami, new subspecies, pp. 176–177).
• Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN:978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus grotei, p. 105).
• Sternfeld R (1911). "Zur Reptilian-Fauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Fruende zu Berlin 1911: 244–251. (Lygodactylus grotei, new species, p. 245). (in German).

Wikidata ☰ Q15300283 entry