Broadley's dwarf gecko
Broadley's dwarf gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Sauria |
Infraorder: | Gekkota |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
Genus: | Lygodactylus |
Species: | L. broadleyi |
Binomial name | |
Lygodactylus broadleyi G. Pasteur, 1995 | |
Broadley's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus broadleyi ) is a species of gecko native to Tanzania.
Etymology
The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of herpetologist Donald G. Broadley.[1]
References
- ↑ 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. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, p. 39).
Further reading
- Pasteur G. 1995. "Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lezards Lygodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Dumerilia 2:1-21. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, new species). (in French).
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