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Greeff's Giant Gecko
Greeff's giant gecko (''Hemidactylus greeffii)'', also known Common name, commonly as Greeff's gecko, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Gekkonidae. The species is found on islands in the Gulf of Guinea off the east coast of Africa. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''greeffii'', is in honor of German zoologist Richard Greeff,species:Bo Beolens, Beolens, Bo; species:Michael Watkins, Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Hemidactylus greeffii'', p. 107). who collected the holotype when he lived on São Tomé Island in 1879–1880.José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, Bocage JVB (1886). Geographic range ''H. greeffii'' is Endemism, endemic to the São Tomé Island, island of São Tomé and the associated islet of Ilhéu das Rolas, both in the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. It does not occur on the island of Príncipe. Habitat ''H. greef ...
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