Ancylodactylus_barbouri

<i>Ancylodactylus barbouri</i>

Ancylodactylus barbouri

Species of lizard

"Barbour's gecko" redirects here. For the species from Madagascar, see Barbour's day gecko.

Ancylodactylus barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.

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Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[2]

Geographic range

A. barbouri is found in the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania.[3]

Reproduction

A. barbouri is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Howell, K., Beraduccii, J. & Ngalason, W. (2021). "Cnemaspis barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T44648012A45027743. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. [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. (Cnemaspis barbouri, p. 16).
  3. [3]
    Species Ancylodactylus barbouri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Perret J-L (1986). "Révision des espèces africaines de genre Cnemaspis Strauch, sous-genre Ancylodactylus Müller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), avec la description de quatre espèces nouvelles [= Revision of the African species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, subgenus Ancylodactylus Müller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), with the description of four new species]". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 93 (2): 457–505. (Cnemaspis barbouri, new species, pp. 497–498, Figure 33). (in French, with an abstract in English).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Cnemaspis barbouri, p. 78).


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