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Ancylodactylus Petrodroma
''Ancylodactylus petrodroma'', also known as the Nigeria crag gecko or Ondo forest gecko, is a species of gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ... endemic to Nigeria. References Endemic fauna of Nigeria Ancylodactylus Reptiles described in 1986 {{Cnemaspis-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos are unique among lizards for their vocalisations, which differ from species to species. Most geckos in the family Gekkonidae use chirping or clicking sounds in their social interactions. Tokay geckos (''Gekko gecko'') are known for their loud mating calls, and some other species are capable of making hissing noises when alarmed or threatened. They are the most species-rich group of lizards, with about 1,500 different species worldwide. All geckos, except species in the family Eublepharidae lack eyelids; instead, the outer surface of the eyeball has a transparent membrane, the cornea. They have a fixed lens within each iris that enlarges in darkness to let in more light. Since they cannot blink, species without eyelids generally lick t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, NaìjÃrÃyà , yo, Nà ìjÃrÃà , pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa. Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC, marking the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Fauna Of Nigeria
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancylodactylus
''Ancylodactylus'' is a genus of diurnal (day) geckos in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Africa. Most of the species in the genus ''Ancyclodactylus'' were formerly assigned to the genus ''Cnemaspis''. Species *'' A. africanus'' ( F. Werner, 1895) – African gecko *'' A. alantika'' (Bauer, Chirio, Ineich & LeBreton, 2006) *'' A. barbouri'' ( Perret, 1986) – Barbour's gecko *'' A. chyuluensis'' Malonza & Bauer, 2022 *'' A. dickersonae'' (Schmidt, 1919) – Dickerson's forest gecko, four-lined forest gecko *'' A. dilepis'' (Perret, 1963) – two-scaled gecko *'' A. elgonensis'' ( Loveridge, 1936) – Mount Elgon forest gecko *'' A. gigas'' (Perret, 1986) – Perret's Nigeria gecko, giant forest gecko *'' A. kenyaensis'' Malonza & Bauer, 2022 *'' A. kituiensis'' Malonza & Bauer, 2022 *'' A. koehleri'' (Mertens, 1937) – Koehler's gecko *'' A. laikipiensis'' Malonza & Bauer, 2022 *'' A. mathewsensis'' Malonza & Bauer, 2022 *'' A. occidentalis'' (Angel, 1943) â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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