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Mangrove semaphore gecko

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Species of lizard

Mangrove semaphore 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. obsti
Binomial name
Pristurus obsti
Rösler & Wranik, 1999

The mangrove semaphore gecko (Pristurus obsti) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Socotra Island.

Etymology

The specific name, obsti, is in honor of German herpetologist Fritz Jürgen Obst (1939–2018).

Geographic range

P. obsti is only found on Socotra Island, which is part of Yemen

Reproduction

P. obsti is oviparous.

References

  1. Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Pristurus obsti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T199736A9124081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199736A9124081.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. (Pristurus obsti, p. 193).
  3. ^ Pristurus obsti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Rösler, Herbert; Wranik, Wolfgang (1999). "Beiträge zur Herpetologie der Republik Jemen 5. Drei neue Gecko-Arten vom Sokotra-Archipel (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) ". Zoologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 50: 249–265. (Pristurus obsti, new species, pp. 254–259, Figures 4–7). (in German, with an abstract in English).


Taxon identifiers
Pristurus obsti


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