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    Tasmanian leaf-toed gecko

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of lizard

    Tasmanian leaf-toed gecko
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Reptilia
    Order: Squamata
    Family: Gekkonidae
    Genus: Hemidactylus
    Species:
    H. tasmani
    Binomial name
    Hemidactylus tasmani
    Hewitt, 1932

    The Tasmanian leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus tasmani), also known commonly as Tasman's tropical house gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Zimbabwe.[1]

    Etymology

    The specific name, tasmani, is in honor of Father Kenneth Robert Tasman (1890–1968), who was a Jesuit priest, missionary, and herpetologist in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).[2]

    Description

    Adults of H. tasmani have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.5–7.5 cm (2.6–3.0 in).[3]

    Reproduction

    H. tasmani is oviparous.[1]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hemidactylus tasmani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
    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 tasmani, p. 261).
    3. ↑ Branch, Bill (204). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp., 112 color plates. ISBN:0-88359-042-5. (Hemidactylus tasmani, p. 243 + Plates 89 & 110).

    Further reading

    • Hewitt J (1932). "Some New Species and Subspecies of South African Batrachians and Lizards". Annals of the Natal Museum 7 (1): 105–128. (Hemidactylus tasmani, new species).
    • Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98: 1–469. (Hemidactylus tasmani, p. 170).
    • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus tasmani, p. 88). (in German).

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