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Hemidactylus funaiolii

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Species of lizard

Hemidactylus funaiolii
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. funaiolii
Binomial name
Hemidactylus funaiolii
Lanza, 1978

Hemidactylus funaiolii, also known commonly as the Archer's Post gecko and the Kenya leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, funaiolii, is in honor of Italian zoologist Ugo Funaioli.

Geographic range

H. funaiolii is found from Somalia to central Kenya.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. funaiolii are savanna, shrubland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 300–600 m (980–1,970 ft).

Description

H. funaiolii is a small species for its genus. The dorsal surface of the body is covered with uniform keeled scales which are strongly imbricate.

Reproduction

H. funaiolii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Hemidactylus funaiolii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18490382A18490388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18490382A18490388.en. Retrieved 19 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 funaiolii, p. 95).
  3. ^ Hemidactylus funaiolii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Lanza B (1978). "On some new or interesting East African amphibians and reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 10 (1): 229–297. (Hemidactylus funaiolii, new species, p. 271). (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. (Hemidactylus funaiolii, p. 86). (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. (Hemidactylus funaiolii, p. 88).


Taxon identifiers
Hemidactylus funaiolii


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