Angel's dwarf gecko
| Angel's dwarf gecko | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. decaryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus decaryi Angel, 1930 | |
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Angel's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus decaryi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology
The specific name, decaryi, is in honor of French botanist Raymond Decary.
Geographic range
L. decaryi is found in southern Madagascar.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. decaryi is savanna, at an altitude of 400 m (1,300 ft).
Reproduction
L. decaryi is oviparous.
References
- 1 2 Vences M (2011). "Lygodactylus decaryi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T172838A6927520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172838A6927520.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 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 decaryi, p. 67).
- 1 2 Lygodactylus decaryi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Angel F (1930). "Sur un lézard nouveau de Madagascar, appartenant au genre Lygodactylus. (Matériaux de la mission R. Decary, en 1926)". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 55: 253–255. (Lygodactylus decaryi, new species). (in French).
- 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.
- Puente M, Glaw F, Vieites DR, Vences M (2009). "Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Zootaxa 2103: 1–76. (Lygodactylus decaryi, p. 51).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus decaryi, p. 92). (in German).