Pristurus phillipsii

Pristurus phillipsii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Pristurus
Species:	P. phillipsii
Binomial name
	Pristurus phillipsii; Boulenger, 1895

Pristurus phillipsii, known commonly as Phillip's rock gecko or the Somali rock gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, phillipsii, is in honor of British naturalist Ethelbert Lort Phillips.

P. phillipsii is found in Somalia. The Reptile Databases lists it also from Ethiopia.

P. phillipsii is oviparous.

1 2 Mazuch, T. (2021). "Pristurus phillipsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T13155385A42507106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13155385A42507106.en. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
↑ 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 phillipsii, p. 206).
1 2 3 Pristurus phillipsii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 March 2022.

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Boulenger GA (1895). "On the Reptiles and Batrachians obtained by Mr. E. Lort-Phillips in Somaliland". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 16: 165-169 + Plate VII. (Pristurus phillipsii, new species, pp. 165–166 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a).
Calabresi E (1915). "Contributo alla conoscenza dei Rettili della Somalia ". Monitore Zoologico Italiano 28: 234–247. (Pristurus phillipsii, pp. 235–236). (in Italian).
Mazuch, Tomáš (2013). Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Dřiteč, Czech Republic: Tomáš Mazuch Publishing. 80 pp. ISBN 978-80-905439-0-4.
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pristurus phillipsii, p. 106). (in German).

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Pristurus phillipsii
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Pristurus
Species:	P. phillipsii
Binomial name
*Pristurus phillipsii* Boulenger, 1895