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(Redirected from Lygodactylus tolampyae) Species of lizard

Grandidier's dwarf gecko
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. tolampyae
Binomial name
Lygodactylus tolampyae
(Grandidier, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Hemidactylus tolampyae
    Grandidier, 1872
  • Lygodactylus tolampyae
    — Mocquard, 1909
  • Lygodactylus tuberifer
    Boettger, 1913
  • Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) tolampyae
    — Rösler, 2000

Grandidier's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus tolampyae) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, tolampyae, may refer to Ambatolampy, a city in Madagascar. Grandidier gave no explanation.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. tolampyae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,600 m (5,200 ft).

Reproduction

L. tolampyae is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Vences, M. (2011). "Lygodactylus tolampyae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172945A6946218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172945A6946218.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lygodactylus tolampyae 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 tolampyae, p. 266).

Further reading

  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
  • Grandidier A (1872). "Description de quelques Reptiles nouveaux découverts a Madagascar en 1870 ". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Cinquième Série , Zoologie et Paléontologie 15 (20): 6–11. (Hemidactylus tolampyæ, new species, p. 8). (in French).
  • Kojima Y (2016). "Robbery in the Dark: Nocturnal Foraging of a Madagascan Diurnal Gecko, Lygodactylus tolampyae". Current Herpetology 35 (2): 135–138.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. {Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) tolampyae, p. 95}. (in German).
Taxon identifiers
Lygodactylus tolampyae


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