Togo leaf-toed gecko

Togo leaf-toed gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. matschiei
Binomial name
	Hemidactylus matschiei; (Tornier, 1901)
Synonyms
	Bunocnemis matschiei ; Tornier, 1901; Hemidactylus matschiei ; — Loveridge, 1947;

The Togo leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus matschiei) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to West Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, matschiei, is in honor of German zoologist Paul Matschie.^[3]

H. matschiei is found in Nigeria and Togo.^[2]

H. matschiei is oviparous.^[2]

^ Chirio, L.; Trape, J.; Luiselli, L. (2013). "Hemidactylus matschiei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203845A2771815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203845A2771815.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hemidactylus matschiei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 October 2020.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus matschiei, p. 171).

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. (Hemidactylus matschiei, new combination, pp. 109–110).
Tornier G (1901). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Togo ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 67, Beiheft [= Supplement]: 65–88. (Bunocnemis matschiei, new species, p. 71). (in German).

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