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Ancylodactylus barbouri

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Ancylodactylus barbouri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Ancylodactylus
Species:
A. barbouri
Binomial name
Ancylodactylus barbouri
Perret, 1986

Ancylodactylus barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.

Etymology

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The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[2]

Geographic range

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A. barbouri is found in the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania.[3]

Reproduction

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A. barbouri is oviparous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Howell, K.; Beraduccii, J.; Ngalason, W. (2021). "Cnemaspis barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T44648012A45027743. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44648012A45027743.en.
  2. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis barbouri, p. 16).
  3. ^ a b Species Ancylodactylus barbouri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Perret J-L (1986). "Révision des espèces africaines de genre Cnemaspis Strauch, sous-genre Ancylodactylus Müller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), avec la description de quatre espèces nouvelles [= Revision of the African species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, subgenus Ancylodactylus Müller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), with the description of four new species]". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 93 (2): 457–505. (Cnemaspis barbouri, new species, pp. 497–498, Figure 33). (in French, with an abstract in English).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Cnemaspis barbouri, p. 78).