Coastal rock gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Pristurus
Species:
P. simonettai
Binomial name
Pristurus simonettai
(Lanza & Sassi, 1968)
Synonyms[2]
  • Geisopristurus simonettai
    Lanza & Sassi, 1968
  • Pristurus simonettai
    — Kluge, 1993

The coastal rock gecko (Pristurus simonettai) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, simonettai, is in honor of Italian zoologist Alberto Mario Simonetta (born 1930).[3]

Geographic range

P. simonettai is found in southern Somalia.[1][2]

Description

The body of P. simonettai is almost completely covered with strongly carinate imbricate scales.[4]

Reproduction

P. simonettai is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mazuch, T. (2021). "Pristurus simonettai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22472118A22472160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22472118A22472160.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Pristurus simonettai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2022.
  3. ↑ 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. (Pristurus simonettai, p. 244).
  4. ↑ Lanza & Sassi (1968).

Further reading

  • Arnold EN (2009). "Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology". Zootaxa 2060: 1–21.
  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
  • Lanza B, Sassi AR (1968). "On a new genus and species of gekkonid lizard from Somalia, ricerche sulla fauna della Somalia promosse dall'Istituto di Zoologia e dal Museo Zoologico dell'Università di Firenze: XXIX ". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 2: 17–26. (Geisopristurus, new genus; G. simonettai, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pristurus simonettai, p. 106). (in German).


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