| Broadley's dwarf gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. broadleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus broadleyi G. Pasteur, 1995 | |
Broadley's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus broadleyi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of African herpetologist Donald George Broadley.
Geographic range
L. broadleyi is found in Kenya and Tanzania.
Description
The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length for L. broadleyi is 2.3 cm (0.91 in).
Reproduction
L. broadleyi is oviparous.
References
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, p. 39).
- ^ Species Lygodactylus broadleyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Pasteur G (1995). "Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lezards Lygodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Dumerilia 2:1-21. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, new species). (in French).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, p. 92). (in German).
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, p. 101).
External links
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| Lygodactylus broadleyi | |
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