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Malagasy dwarf gecko
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species: L. klemmeri
Binomial name
Lygodactylus klemmeri
G. Pasteur, 1965
Synonyms
  • Lygodactylus praecox
    G. Pasteur, 1995

The Malagasy dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus klemmeri), also known commonly as Klemmer's dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Geographic range

L. klemmeri is found in western Madagascar in the Bemaraha region, including Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve.

Etymology

The specific name, klemmeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Konrad Klemmer.

Description

The throat of L. klemmeri is yellowish, with diagonal black stripes. The tail is distinctly whorled. Males have nine preanal pores.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. klemmeri is forest.

Behavior

L. klemmeri is diurnal, and arboreal.

Reproduction

L. klemmeri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Raxworthy, C.J.; Vences, M. (2011). "Lygodactylus klemmeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T178265A7510166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T178265A7510166.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lygodactylus klemmeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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 klemmeri, p. 143).

Further reading

  • 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.
  • Pasteur G (1965). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). IV. Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches ". Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 36: 311–314. (Lygodactylus klemmeri, new species). (in French).
  • Pasteur G (1995). "Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lézards Lygodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) ". Dumerilia 2: 1–21. (Lygodactylus praecox, new species). (in French).
  • Puente M, Raselimanana AP, Vences M (2005). "Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri ". Zootaxa 1073: 31–35.


Taxon identifiers
Lygodactylus klemmeri


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