Cameroon dwarf gecko

Cameroon dwarf gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. conraui
Binomial name
	Lygodactylus conraui; Tornier, 1902
Synonyms
	Lygodacutylus [sic] strongi ; Barbour & Loveridge, 1927;

The Cameroon dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus conraui), also known commonly as Conrau's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. This small gecko is found in forests, plantations and gardens in West Africa and Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, conraui, is in honor of late 19th-century German collector Gustav Conrau.

Geographic range

Lygodactylus conraui is found from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.

Reproduction

Lygodactlyus conraui is oviparous.

Behaviour

The species is known to exhibit anthropochory (taking advantage of human activity) and to use edificarian (human) habitat.

References

1 2 Luiselli, L.; Rödel, M.-O.; Penner, J. (2021). "Lygodactylus conraui ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T203848A2771836. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203848A2771836.en. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
↑ 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 conraui, p. 58).
↑ Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara [Lizards, crocodiles and turtles of West Africa and the Sahara] (in French). Marseille: IRD Éditions. ISBN 978-2-7099-1726-1.
1 2 Lygodactylus conraui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
↑ Pauwels, Olivier S.G.; Carlino, Piero; Chirio, Laurent; Albert, Jean-Louis (2016). "Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica IV" (PDF). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 51 (5): 73–79. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
↑ Manners, Guy R.; Georgen, Georg. "Lygodactylus conraui (Cameroon or Conrau's dwarf gecko): Use of edificarian habitat and anthropochory in Benin". The Herpetological Bulletin. 131: 32–33.

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 conraui, pp. 220–221).
Rösler H (1902). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus conraui, p. 92). (in German).
Tornier G (1902). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Kamerun [The Crocodilians, Turtles and Lizards in Cameroon]". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 15 (6): 663–677 + Plate 35. (Lygodactylus conraui, new species, pp. 670–671 + Plate 35, figure 3). (in German).

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[IUCN_2021-1] 1 2 Luiselli, L.; Rödel, M.-O.; Penner, J. (2021). "Lygodactylus conraui ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T203848A2771836. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203848A2771836.en. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[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. (Lygodactylus conraui, p. 58).

[Trape-3] Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara [Lizards, crocodiles and turtles of West Africa and the Sahara] (in French). Marseille: IRD Éditions. ISBN 978-2-7099-1726-1.

[RDB-4] 1 2 Lygodactylus conraui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[Pauwels-5] Pauwels, Olivier S.G.; Carlino, Piero; Chirio, Laurent; Albert, Jean-Louis (2016). "Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica IV" (PDF). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 51 (5): 73–79. Retrieved 2018-09-04.

[Manners-6] Manners, Guy R.; Georgen, Georg. "Lygodactylus conraui (Cameroon or Conrau's dwarf gecko): Use of edificarian habitat and anthropochory in Benin". The Herpetological Bulletin. 131: 32–33.

Cameroon dwarf gecko

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. conraui
Binomial name
*Lygodactylus conraui* Tornier, 1902
Synonyms
Lygodacutylus [sic] strongi Barbour & Loveridge, 1927