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Lygodactylus kimhowelli

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Species of lizard

Lygodactylus kimhowelli
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species: L. kimhowelli
Binomial name
Lygodactylus kimhowelli
G. Pasteur, 1995

Lygodactylus kimhowelli, also known commonly as Kim Howell's dwarf gecko, the Tanzanian dwarf gecko, and the zebra dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.

Etymology

The specific name, kimhowelli, is in honor of herpetologist Kim Monroe Howell (born 1945).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. kimhowelli is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,350 m (4,430 ft), but it has also been found in suburban gardens.

Behavior

L. kimhowelli is arboreal and diurnal.

Reproduction

L. kimhowelli is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.

References

  1. ^ Howell K, Beraducci J, Ngalason W (2021). "Lygodactylus kimhowelli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44648362A45073137.en. Accessed on 01 April 2024
  2. ^ Lygodactylus kimhowelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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. (Lygodactylus kimhowelli, p. 126).

Further reading

  • Pasteur G (1995). "Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lézards Lygodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Dumerilia 2: 1–21. (Lygodactylus kimhowelli, new species). (in French).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus kimhowelli, p. 93). (in German).
  • 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.


Taxon identifiers
Lygodactylus kimhowelli


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