Wolterstorff's gecko
Appearance
Wolterstorff's gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Urocotyledon |
Species: | U. wolterstorffi
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Binomial name | |
Urocotyledon wolterstorffi (Tornier, 1900)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Wolterstorff's gecko (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, wolterstorffi, is in honor of German herpetologist Willy Wolterstorff.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]U. wolterstorffi is found in the Uluguru Mountains and the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]U. wolterstorffi is oviparous.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Urocotyledon wolterstorffi 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 wolterstorffi, p. 288).
Further reading
[edit]- Broadley DG, Howell KM (1991). "A Check List of the Reptiles of Tanzania, with Synoptic Keys". Syntarsus 1: 1-70. (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi, p. 10).
- Kluge AG (1983). "Cladistic Relationships among Gekkonid Lizards". Copeia 1983 (2): 465–475. (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi, new combination).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi, p. 119). (in German).
- Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). A Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London and New York: Bloomsbury. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1-4729-3561-8. (Urocotyledon wolterstorffi, p. 124).
- Tornier G (1900). "Neue Liste der Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen Deutsch Ost-Afrikas ". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, Jena 13: 579–618. (Diplodactylus wolterstorffi, new species, pp. 584–586, Figure A). (in German).