Pasteur's dwarf gecko
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Template:Short description Template:Speciesbox Pasteur's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus arnoulti), also commonly known as Arnoult's gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Madagascar.
Etymology
The specific name, arnoulti, is in honor of French ichthyologist Jacques Arnoult (1914–1995).[1]
Habitat
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Reproduction
References
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, p. 12).
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- ↑ Species Lygodactylus arnoulti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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External links
Further reading
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. Template:ISBN.
- Pasteur G (1965). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). IV. Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 36: 311–314. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, new species). (in French).
- Röll B (2004). "Lygodactylus arnoulti Pasteur". Sauria Supplement 26 (3): 613–616. (in German).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, p. 92). (in German).