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(Redirected from Lygodactylus wetzeli) Species of lizard

South American dwarf gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species: L. wetzeli
Binomial name
Lygodactylus wetzeli
(H.M. Smith, R.L. Martin &
Swain, 1977)
Synonyms
  • Vanzoia wetzeli
    H.M. Smith, R.L. Martin & Swain, 1977
  • Lygodactylus wetzeli
    — Bons & G. Pasteur, 1977

The South American dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus wetzeli) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, wetzeli, is in honor of American mammalogist Ralph M. Wetzel.

Geographic range

L. wetzeli is found in eastern Bolivia, midwestern Brazil, and northern Paraguay.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. wetzeli is savanna.

Reproduction

L. wetzeli is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Cacciali, P.; Scott, N. (2019). "Lygodactylus wetzeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T63488607A63488619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T63488607A63488619.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lygodactylus wetzeli 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 wetzeli, p. 283).

Further reading

  • Bons J, Pasteur G (1977). "Solution histologique à un problème de taxinomie herpétologique interessants les rapports paléobiologiques de l'Amerique du Sud et de l'Afrique". C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 284 (D): 2547–2550. (Lygodactylus wetzeli, new combination). (in French).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Vanzoia wetzeli, p. 120). (in German).
  • Smith HM, Martin RL, Swain TA (1977). "A new genus and two new species of South American geckos (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 30: 195–213. (Vanzoia wetzeli, new species, p. 196).
Taxon identifiers
Lygodactylus wetzeli


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