Rasmussen's gecko
Appearance
Rasmussen's gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Urocotyledon |
Species: | U. rasmusseni
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Binomial name | |
Urocotyledon rasmusseni |
Rasmussen's gecko (Urocotyledon rasmusseni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, rasmusseni, is in honor of Danish herpetologist Jens Bødtker Rasmussen.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]U. rasmusseni is oviparous.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Urocotyledon rasmusseni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, p. 217).
Further reading
[edit]- Bauer AM, Menegon M (2006). "A new species of prehensile-tailed gecko, Urocotyledon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania". African Journal of Herpetology 55: 13–22. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, new species).
- 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. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, p. 126).