Ancylodactylus barbouri
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| Ancylodactylus barbouri | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Ancylodactylus |
| Species: | A. barbouri
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancylodactylus barbouri Perret, 1986
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Ancylodactylus barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.
Etymology
The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[2]
Geographic range
A. barbouri is found in the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania.[3]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ Howell, K.; Beraduccii, J.; Ngalason, W. (2021). "Cnemaspis barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T44648012A45027743. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44648012A45027743.en.
- ↑ 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. (Cnemaspis barbouri, p. 16).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Species Ancylodactylus barbouri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Perret J-L (1986). "Révision des espèces africaines de genre Cnemaspis Strauch, sous-genre Ancylodactylus Müller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), avec la description de quatre espèces nouvelles [= Revision of the African species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, subgenus Ancylodactylus Müller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), with the description of four new species]". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 93 (2): 457–505. (Cnemaspis barbouri, new species, pp. 497–498, Figure 33). (in French, with an abstract in English).
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Cnemaspis barbouri, p. 78).