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(Redirected from Hemidactylus arnoldi) Species of lizard

Arnold's leaf-toed 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: Hemidactylus
Species: H. arnoldi
Binomial name
Hemidactylus arnoldi
Lanza, 1978

Arnold's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus arnoldi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.

Etymology

The specific name, arnoldi, is in honor of British herpetologist Edwin Nicholas "Nick" Arnold.

Geographic range

H. arnoldi is found in northwestern Somalia.

Habitat

The preferred habitats of H. arnoldi are rocky areas and shrubland, at an altitude of 500 m (1,600 ft).

Description

H. arnoldi is large for its genus, and it is stout. The holotype, an adult female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.2 cm (3.2 in).

Reproduction

H. arnoldi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Mazuch, T.; Spawls, S. (2021). "Hemidactylus arnoldi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178656A22541320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178656A22541320.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. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, p. 11).
  3. ^ Hemidactylus arnoldi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. Lanza (1978), Figure 10.

Further reading

  • Lanza B (1978). "On some new or interesting east African amphibians and reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 10 (14): 229–297. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, new species, p. 243–249, Figures 10–12). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, pp. 414, 445).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, p. 85). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Hemidactylus arnoldi


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