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Newton's leaf-toed gecko

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Newton's leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. newtoni
Binomial name
Hemidactylus newtoni

Newton's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus newtoni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

Etymology

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The specific name, newtoni, is in honor of Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton.[2]

Geographic range

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H. newtoni is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea.[1]

Reproduction

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H. newtoni is oviparous.[1]

Taxonomy

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H. newtoni was described and named by Júlio Bethencourt Ferreira in 1897.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hemidactylus newtoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-26.
  2. ^ 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 newtoni, p. 189).

Further reading

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  • Ferreira, J. Bethencourt (1897). "Sobre um Hemidactylus novo da ilha de Anno Bom ". Jornal de Sciencias, Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Segunda Série 4: 249–251. (Hemidactylus newtoni, new species). (in Portuguese).