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Socotra leaf-toed gecko

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Species of lizard

Socotra leaf-toed gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species: H. forbesii
Binomial name
Hemidactylus forbesii
Boulenger, 1899

The Socotra leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus forbesii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island of Abd al-Kuri in the Socotra archipelago.

Etymology

The specific name, forbesii, is in honor of Henry Ogg Forbes, who was a Scottish explorer and naturalist.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. forbesii is the intertidal zone.

Reproduction

H. forbesii is oviparous. Eggs are laid in rock crevices or under stones.

References

  1. ^ Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Hemidactylus forbesii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T199723A9122942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199723A9122942.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hemidactylus forbesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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. (Hemidactylus forbesii, p. 91).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1899). "The Expedition to Sokotra. II. Descriptions of the New Species of Reptiles". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2 (1): 4–7. (Hemidactylus forbesii, new species, p. 5).
  • Garcia-Porta J, Morales HE, Gómez-Díaz E, Sindaco R, Carranza S (2016). "Patterns of diversification in islands: a comparative study across three gecko genera in the Socotra Archipelago". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 98: 288–299.
  • Rösler H, Wranik W (2000). "Die Geckofauna des Sokotra-Archipels (Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Gekkota 2: 20–27. (in German).
  • Rösler H, Wranik W (2004). "A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago". Fauna of Arabia 20: 505–534.


Taxon identifiers
Hemidactylus forbesii


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