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Barboza's leaf-toed gecko
Barboza's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus bayonii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Angola.[2]
| Barboza's leaf-toed gecko | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. bayonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus bayonii Bocage, 1893 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Etymology Edit
The specific name, bayonii, is in honor of Portuguese naturalist Francisco Antonio Pinheiro Bayão, who was a planter and administrator in Angola.[3]
Habitat Edit
The preferred natural habitat of H. bayonii is shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 900 m (3,000 ft).[1]
Description Edit
Small for its genus, H. bayonii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 3.5 cm (1.4 in).[2]
Reproduction Edit
References Edit
- ^ a b Ceríaco LMP, Baptista N (2020). "Hemidactylus bayonii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18488783A18488823.en. Downloaded on 20 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d Hemidactylus bayonii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus bayonii, p. 20).
Further reading Edit
- Bocage JVB (1893). "Diagnoses de quelques nouvelles espèces de reptiles et batraciens d'Angola". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real de Sciencias de Lisboa, Segunda Série 3: 115–121. (Hemidactylus bayonii, new species, pp. 116–117). (in French).
- Ceríaco LMP, Agarwal I, Marques MP, Bauer AM (2020). "A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species". Zootaxa 4746 (1): 1–71. (Hemidactylus bayonii, p. 20).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus bayonii, p. 85). (in German).