South American dwarf gecko
| South American 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. wetzeli
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus wetzeli | |
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The South American dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus wetzeli) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, wetzeli, is in honor of American mammalogist Ralph M. Wetzel.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]L. wetzeli is found in eastern Bolivia, midwestern Brazil, and northern Paraguay.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of L. wetzeli is savanna.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Cacciali, P.; Scott, N. (2019). "Lygodactylus wetzeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T63488607A63488619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T63488607A63488619.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Lygodactylus wetzeli 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 wetzeli, p. 283).
Further reading
[edit]- Bons J, Pasteur G (1977). "Solution histologique à un problème de taxinomie herpétologique interessants les rapports paléobiologiques de l'Amerique du Sud et de l'Afrique". C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 284 (D): 2547–2550. (Lygodactylus wetzeli, new combination). (in French).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Vanzoia wetzeli, p. 120). (in German).
- Smith HM, Martin RL, Swain TA (1977). "A new genus and two new species of South American geckos (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 30: 195–213. (Vanzoia wetzeli, new species, p. 196).