''Lygodactylus grandisonae'', also known
commonly as Bunty's dwarf gecko, Grandison's dwarf gecko, and the Kenya dwarf gecko, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
lizard
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in the
family
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Gekkonidae. The species is native to
East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
Due to the historical ...
and the
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...
.
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 ...
, ''grandisonae'', is in honor of British herpetologist
Alice Georgie Cruikshank "Bunty" Grandison (1927–2014).
[Anonymous (2014). "The Passing of Alice G. C. Grandison". ''American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Current News''. asih.org/news/2014/passing-alice-g-c-grandison.]
Geographic range
''L. grandisonae'' is found in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
and
Kenya
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Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
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of ''Lygodactylus grandisonae'' is
savanna
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, at an altitude of .
Reproduction
''L. grandisonae'' is
oviparous
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.
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References
Further reading
* Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). ''Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea''. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. . (''Lygodactylus grandisonae'', p. 324).
* Pasteur G (1962). "''Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). II. Diagnose de quelques ''Lygodactylus'' d'Afrque''". ''Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire'' 24: 606–614. (''Lygodactylus grandisonae'', new species). (in French).
* Rösler H (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Lygodactylus grandisonae'', p. 93). (in German).
*Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). ''Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition''. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. . (''Lygodactylus grandisonae'', p. 104).
Lygodactylus
Reptiles described in 1962
Reptiles of Ethiopia
Reptiles of Kenya
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