Nigeria leaf-toed gecko
The Nigeria leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus ansorgii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to western Africa.
| Nigeria leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. ansorgii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, ansorgii, is in honor of William John Ansorge, a physician who collected natural history specimens in Africa.[1]
Geographic range
H. ansorgii is found in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Togo.[2]
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. (Hemidactylus ansorgii, p. 10).
- Hemidactylus ansorgii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1901). "Description of a new Gecko from the Niger Delta". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 7: 204. (Hemidactylus ansongii, new species).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (in German).
- Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).
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