Hemidactylus nicolauensis
Appearance
Hemidactylus nicolauensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Hemidactylus |
Species: | H. nicolauensis
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Binomial name | |
Hemidactylus nicolauensis Vasconcelos, Köhler, Geniez, & Crochet, 2020
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Hemidactylus nicolauensis is a species of house gecko. It is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name nicolauensis refers to São Nicolau, the island in which the species was found.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hemidactylus nicolauensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 June 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Vasconcelos, Raquel; Köhler, Gunther; Geniez, Philippe; Crochet, Pierre-André (2020). "A new endemic species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from São Nicolau Island, Cabo Verde" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4878 (3): 501–522. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4878.3.4.