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Coastal rock gecko

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Species of lizard

Coastal rock gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Pristurus
Species: P. simonettai
Binomial name
Pristurus simonettai
(Lanza & Sassi, 1968)
Synonyms
  • Geisopristurus simonettai
    Lanza & Sassi, 1968
  • Pristurus simonettai
    — Kluge, 1993

The coastal rock gecko (Pristurus simonettai) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.

Etymology

The specific name, simonettai, is in honor of Italian zoologist Alberto Mario Simonetta (born 1930).

Geographic range

P. simonettai is found in southern Somalia.

Description

The body of P. simonettai is almost completely covered with strongly carinate imbricate scales.

Reproduction

P. simonettai is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Mazuch, T. (2021). "Pristurus simonettai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22472118A22472160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22472118A22472160.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ Pristurus simonettai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2022.
  3. 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. (Pristurus simonettai, p. 244).
  4. Lanza & Sassi (1968).

Further reading

  • Arnold EN (2009). "Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology". Zootaxa 2060: 1–21.
  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
  • Lanza B, Sassi AR (1968). "On a new genus and species of gekkonid lizard from Somalia, ricerche sulla fauna della Somalia promosse dall'Istituto di Zoologia e dal Museo Zoologico dell'Università di Firenze: XXIX ". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 2: 17–26. (Geisopristurus, new genus; G. simonettai, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pristurus simonettai, p. 106). (in German).
Taxon identifiers
Pristurus simonettai


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