Western dwarf gecko

Western dwarf gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species: L. guibei
Binomial name
Lygodactylus guibei
G. Pasteur, 1965[1]

The Western dwarf gecko, Lygodactylus guibei, is a small species of gecko endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, guibei, is in honor of French herpetologist Jean Marius René Guibé.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Lygodactylus guibei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus guibei, p. 111).

Further reading

Pasteur G. 1965. "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). IV. Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 36: 311-314. (Lygodactylus guibei, new species). (in French).


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