Broadley's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. broadleyi
Binomial name
Lygodactylus broadleyi

Broadley's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus broadleyi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of African herpetologist Donald George Broadley.[1]

Geographic range

L. broadleyi is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2]

Description

The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length for L. broadleyi is 2.3 cm (0.91 in).[2]

Reproduction

L. broadleyi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. 1 2 3 Species Lygodactylus broadleyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, p. 92). (in German).
  • 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. (Lygodactylus broadleyi, p. 101).



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