Koehler's gecko (''Ancylodactylus koehleri'') 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 ...
, a
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Gekkonidae. The species is
endemic to
Central Africa.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''koehleri'', is in honor of Max Köhler who collected the
holotype.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cnemaspis koehleri'', p. 144).]
Geographic range
''A. koehleri'' is found in
Cameroon and
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
.
Reproduction
''A. koehleri'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
*Chirio, Laurent; LeBreton, Matthew (2007). ''Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun''. Paris: ''Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle''. 688 pp. . (in French).
* Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". ''Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College'' 98 (1): 1-469 + Plates 1-7. ("''Cnemaspis africanus köhleri'' ic, new combination, pp. 90–91).
* Mertens R (1937). "''Eine neue, tiergeographisch bemerkenswerte Eidechse aus Kamerun'' ". ''Senckenbergiana'' 19: 381-384. (''Cnemaspis köhleri'', new species). (in German).
* Perret J-L (1986). "''Révision des espèces africaines du Genre ''Cnemaspis'' Strauch, sous-genre ''Ancylodactylus'' Müller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), avec la description de quatre espèces nouvelles'' ". ''Revue suisse Zool.'' 93 (2): 457-505. (''Cnemaspis koehleri'', new status, pp. 477–480, Figures 17-18). (in French).
Ancylodactylus
Reptiles described in 1937
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