Malagasy dwarf gecko
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. klemmeri
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| Lygodactylus klemmeri G. Pasteur, 1965
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The Malagasy dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus klemmeri), also known commonly as Klemmer's dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]L. klemmeri is found in western Madagascar in the Bemaraha region, including Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, klemmeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Konrad Klemmer.[3]
Description
[edit]The throat of L. klemmeri is yellowish, with diagonal black stripes. The tail is distinctly whorled. Males have nine preanal pores.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of L. klemmeri is forest.[1]
Behavior
[edit]L. klemmeri is diurnal,[1] and arboreal.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Raxworthy, C.J.; Vences, M. (2011). "Lygodactylus klemmeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T178265A7510166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T178265A7510166.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Lygodactylus klemmeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Lygodactylus klemmeri, p. 143).
Further reading
[edit]- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
- Pasteur G (1965). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). IV. Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches ". Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 36: 311–314. (Lygodactylus klemmeri, new species). (in French).
- Pasteur G (1995). "Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lézards Lygodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) ". Dumerilia 2: 1–21. (Lygodactylus praecox, new species). (in French).
- Puente M, Raselimanana AP, Vences M (2005). "Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri ". Zootaxa 1073: 31–35.