Mann's dwarf gecko

Mann's dwarf gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. manni
Binomial name
	Lygodactylus manni; Loveridge, 1928
Synonyms
	Lygodactylus manni ; Loveridge, 1928; Lygodactylus picturatus ukerewensis ; Loveridge, 1935; Lygodactylus manni ; — Kluge, 1993;

Mann's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus manni) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, manni, is in honor of William Montana Mann, who was an American entomologist and zoo director.^[3]

L. manni is found in southwestern Kenya and northern Tanzania.^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of L. manni is savanna, at altitudes of 1,000–1,800 m (3,300–5,900 ft).^[1]

L. manni is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Spawls, S.; Beraduccii, J.; Malonza, P. (2014). "Lygodactylus manni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T44648430A45124732. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T44648430A45124732.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lygodactylus manni 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 manni, p. 167).

Loveridge A (1928). "Description of a new species of gecko from Tanganyika territory, Africa". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 72 (24): 1-2 + Plate I). (Lygodactylus manni, new species).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Gekkotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus manni, p. 93). (in German).
Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus manni, p. 110).

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