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Lygodactylus montiscaeruli

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Species of lizard

Lygodactylus montiscaeruli
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. montiscaeruli
Binomial name
Lygodactylus montiscaeruli
Jacobsen, 1992
Synonyms
  • Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli
    Jacobsen, 1992
  • Lygodactylus montiscaeruli
    — Travers, Jackman & Bauer, 2014

The Makgabeng dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus montiscaeruli) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. montiscaeruli are rocky areas and savanna.

Description

L. montiscaeruli has 7 to 8 precloacal pores.

Reproduction

L. montiscaeruli is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R. (2018). "Lygodactylus montiscaeruli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T196922A115662265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T196922A115662265.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Lygodactylus montiscaeruli at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli, p. 248 + Plate 109).

Further reading

  • Jacobsen NHG (1992). "New Lygodactylus taxa (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Transvaal". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 43 (4): 527–542. (Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli, new subspecies, pp. 532–537, Figures 1–2).
  • Röll B (2018). "Tagaktive, kleine Geckos – die Gattung Lygodactylus". Reptilia 23 (132): 16–23. (in German).
  • Travers SL, Jackman TR, Bauer AM (2014). "A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 31–42. (Lygodactylus montiscaeruli, new status).
Taxon identifiers
Lygodactylus montiscaeruli


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