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Wolterstorff's gecko

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Species of lizard

Wolterstorff's gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Urocotyledon
Species: U. wolterstorffi
Binomial name
Urocotyledon wolterstorffi
(Tornier, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Diplodactylus wolterstorffi
    Tornier, 1900
  • Urocotyledon wolterstorffi
    — Kluge, 1983

Wolterstorff's gecko (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.

Etymology

The specific name, wolterstorffi, is in honor of German herpetologist Willy Wolterstorff.

Geographic range

U. wolterstorffi is found in the Uluguru Mountains and the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania.

Reproduction

U. wolterstorffi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Urocotyledon wolterstorffi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
  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. (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi, p. 288).

Further reading

  • Broadley DG, Howell KM (1991). "A Check List of the Reptiles of Tanzania, with Synoptic Keys". Syntarsus 1: 1-70. (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi, p. 10).
  • Kluge AG (1983). "Cladistic Relationships among Gekkonid Lizards". Copeia 1983 (2): 465–475. (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi, new combination).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi, p. 119). (in German).
  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). A Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London and New York: Bloomsbury. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1-4729-3561-8. (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi, p. 124).
  • Tornier G (1900). "Neue Liste der Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen Deutsch Ost-Afrikas ". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, Jena 13: 579–618. (Diplodactylus wolterstorffi, new species, pp. 584–586, Figure A). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Urocotyledon wolterstorffi


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