Urocotyledon_rasmusseni

Rasmussen's gecko

Rasmussen's gecko

Species of lizard

Rasmussen's gecko (Urocotyledon rasmusseni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania.[1]

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Etymology

The specific name, rasmusseni, is in honor of Danish herpetologist Jens Bødtker Rasmussen.[2]

Reproduction

U. rasmusseni is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Urocotyledon rasmusseni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
  2. [2]
    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. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, p. 217).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM, Menegon M (2006). "A new species of prehensile-tailed gecko, Urocotyledon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania". African Journal of Herpetology 55: 13–22. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, new species).
  • 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. (Urocotyledon rasmusseni, p. 126).



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