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Species of lizard

Angel's dwarf gecko
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species: L. decaryi
Binomial name
Lygodactylus decaryi
Angel, 1930

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

Etymology

The specific name, decaryi, is in honor of French botanist Raymond Decary.

Geographic range

L. decaryi is found in southern Madagascar.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. decaryi is savanna, at an altitude of 400 m (1,300 ft).

Reproduction

L. decaryi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Vences M (2011). "Lygodactylus decaryi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172838A6927520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172838A6927520.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 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 decaryi, p. 67).
  3. ^ Lygodactylus decaryi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Angel F (1930). "Sur un lézard nouveau de Madagascar, appartenant au genre Lygodactylus. (Matériaux de la mission R. Decary, en 1926)". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 55: 253–255. (Lygodactylus decaryi, new species). (in French).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
  • Puente M, Glaw F, Vieites DR, Vences M (2009). "Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Zootaxa 2103: 1–76. (Lygodactylus decaryi, p. 51).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus decaryi, p. 92). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Lygodactylus decaryi


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