''Lygodactylus kimhowelli'', also known
commonly as Kim Howell's dwarf gecko, the Tanzanian dwarf gecko, and the zebra dwarf gecko, is a
species of
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
Tanzania.
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 ...
, ''kimhowelli'', is in honor of herpetologist
Kim Monroe Howell
Kim or KIM may refer to:
Names
* Kim (given name)
* Kim (surname)
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties
**** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948
** Kim, Vietnamese f ...
(born 1945).
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Lygodactylus kimhowelli'', p. 126).]
Reproduction
''L. kimhowelli'' 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
* Pasteur G (1995). "''Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lézards ''Lygodactylus'' (Sauria: Gekkonidae)''". ''Dumerilia'' 2: 1–21. (''Lygodactylus kimhowelli'', new species). (in French).
* Rösler H (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Lygodactylus kimhowelli'', p. 93). (in German).
*Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). ''Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition''. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. .
Lygodactylus
Reptiles described in 1995
Taxa named by Georges Pasteur
Endemic fauna of Tanzania
Reptiles of Tanzania
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