Hemidactylus foudaii

Short description: Species of lizard

Hemidactylus foudaii

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. foudaii

Binomial name
Hemidactylus foudaii

S. Baha El Din, 2003

Hemidactylus foudaii, also known commonly as the Elba gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.[1] The species is native to North Africa.

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Geographic range
* 3 Habitat
* 4 Reproduction
* 5 Conservation status
* 6 References
* 7 Further reading

## Etymology

The specific name, foudaii, is in honor of Egyptian conservationist Moustafa Mokhtar Fouda.[2]

## Geographic range

H. foudaii is found in Egypt and possibly Sudan.[1]

## Habitat

The natural habitats of H. foudaii are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas, at altitudes up to 450 m (1,480 ft).[1]

## Reproduction

H. foudaii is oviparous.[1][3]

## Conservation status

H. foudaii is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `iucn status 17 November 2021`
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 foudaii, p. 93).
3. ↑ Species Hemidactylus foudaii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

## Further reading

* Baha El Din SM (2003). "A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Egypt". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 39–47. (Hemidactylus foudaii, new species).
* Carranza S, Arnold EN (2006). "Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) elucidated using mitochondrial DNA sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38 (2): 531–545.
* Rösler H (2015). "Bemerkungen über einege Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München ". Gekkota, Supplement (2): 3–54. (in German).
* Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN:978-88-89504-14-7.

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