Rasmussen's gecko

Rasmussen's gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Urocotyledon
Species:
U. rasmusseni
Binomial name
Urocotyledon rasmusseni
Bauer & Menegon, 2006

Rasmussen's gecko (Urocotyledon rasmusseni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania.

Etymology

The specific name, rasmusseni, is in honor of Danish herpetologist Jens Bødtker Rasmussen.

Reproduction

U. rasmusseni is oviparous.

References

  1. 1 2 Urocotyledon rasmusseni 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 rasmusseni, p. 217).

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