| Lawrence's dwarf gecko | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. lawrencei |
| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus lawrencei Hewitt, 1926 | |
| Synonyms | |
Lawrence's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus lawrencei) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Southern Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, lawrencei, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence.
Geographic range
L. lawrencei is found in southern Angola, and adjacent northern Namibia.
Description
L. lawrencei is a small species. The snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults is 30–32 mm (1.2–1.3 in). Dorsally, it is ashy-gray with many thin broken dark stripes. Ventrally, it is white.
Habitat
The preferred habitat of L. lawrencei is rocky, dry savanna and shrubland, at altitudes of 100–1,500 m (330–4,920 ft).
Reproduction
L. lawrencei is oviparous.
References
- ^ Baptista N, Bauer AM, Becker F, Conradie W, Ceríaco LMP (2020). "Lygodactylus lawrencei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110212151A110212255.en. Accessed on 14 December 2024.
- ^ Lygodactylus lawrencei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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 lawrencei, p. 152).
- ^ Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. (Lygodactylus lawrencei, p. 247 + Plate 109).
Further reading
- Hewitt J (1926). "Some New or Little-known Reptiles and Batrachians from South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum 20: 473–490 + Plates XLIV–XLV. (Lygodactylus lawrencei, new species, pp. 478–479).
- Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98: 1–469. (Lygodactylus picturatus lawrencei, p. 223).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus lawrencei, p. 93). (in German).
- Schleicher, Alfred (2020). Reptiles of Namibia. Windhoek, Namibia: Kuiseb Publishers. 271 pp. ISBN 978-9994576708.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Lygodactylus lawrencei | |
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