Ancylodactylus dickersonae (original) (raw)

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Species of lizard

Ancylodactylus dickersonae
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Ancylodactylus
Species: A. dickersonae
Binomial name
Ancylodactylus dickersonae(Schmidt, 1919)
Synonyms[2]
Gonatodes dickersoni Schmidt, 1919 Paragonatodes dickersoni — Noble, 1921 Cnemaspis dickersoni — Loveridge, 1936 Cnemaspis (Ancyclodactylus) dickersoni — Rösler, 2000 Cnemaspis dickersonae — Michels & Bauer, 2004 Ancyclodactylus dickersonae – Malonza & Bauer, 2022

Ancylodactylus dickersonae, also known commonly as Dickerson's forest gecko, Dickerson's gecko, and the four-lined forest gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Africa.[2]

The specific name, dickersonae, is in honor of American herpetologist Mary Cynthia Dickerson.[3]

A. dickersonae is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[1][2]

The preferred natural habitat of A. dickersonae is forest, at elevations of 400–2,200 m (1,300–7,200 ft).[1]

A. dickersonae is oviparous.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Spawls, S.; Beraduccii, J.; Malonza, P.K. (2021). "Cnemaspis dickersonae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21267125A21267287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T21267125A21267287.en.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ancylodactylus dickersonae ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. ^ 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. (Cnemaspis dickersonae, p. 72).