Hemidactylus bouvieri

Species of lizard

Hemidactylus bouvieri

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Gekkota
Family:  | Gekkonidae
Genus:  | Hemidactylus
Species:  |

H. bouvieri

Binomial name
Hemidactylus bouvieri

(Bocourt, 1870)

Synonyms[1]

* Emydactylus bouvieri
Bocourt, 1870
* Hemidactylus cessacii
Bocage, 1873
* Hemidactylus bouvieri
— Rochebrune, 1884

Hemidactylus bouvieri, also known commonly as Bouvier's leaf-toed gecko and the Cape Verde leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.[2] The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands and is listed as critically endangered. There are two recognized subspecies.

## Geographic range

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In the Cape Verde Islands H. bouvieri has been found on the islands of São Vicente, Santo Antão, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Santiago and Ilhéu Raso.[3]

## Taxonomy and etymology

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H. bouvieri was originally described and named by Marie Firmin Bocourt in 1870. The specific name, bouvieri, is in honor of French zoologist Aimé Bouvier (died 1919).[2][4]

## Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of H. bouvieri are grassland and shrubland, at altitudes of 250–700 m (820–2,300 ft).[1]

## Reproduction

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H. bouvieri is oviparous.[2]

## Subspecies

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There are two subspecies which are considered to be valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

* Hemidactylus bouvieri bouvieri (Bocourt, 1870)
* Hemidactylus bouvieri razoensis Gruber & Schleich, 1982

The former subspecies, Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis Boulenger, 1906, is considered a separate species, Hemidactylus boavistensis.[3][5]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Hemidactylus.

## References

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1. ^ a b c Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Hemidactylus bouvieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203840A2771787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203840A2771787.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ a b c Hemidactylus bouvieri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 April 2017.
3. ^ a b c Arnold EN, Vasconcelos R, Harris DJ, Mateo JA, Carranza S (2008). "Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the endemic Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) of the Cape Verde Islands: based on morphology and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 37 (6): 619–636\. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00351.x. S2CID 54963695. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2018-10-05.`{{cite journal}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus bouvieri, p. 35).
5. ^ Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Hemidactylus boavistensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T18486000A18486039. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T18486000A18486039.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

## Further reading

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* Bocourt MF (1870). "Description de quelques sauriens nouveaux originaires de l'Amérique méridionale [= Description of Some New Lizards Originating in Central America]". Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris [= New Archives of the Natural History Museum of Paris] 6: 11–18. (Emydactylus bouvieri, new species, pp. 17–18). (in French).
* Boulenger GA (1906). "Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova [= Annals of the Civic Museum of Natural History of Genoa], Series 3, 42: 196–216. (Hemidactylus boavistensis, new species, p. 198).
* Gruber HJ, Schleich HH (1982). "Hemidactylus bouvieri razoensis nov. ssp. von den Kapverdischen [= Hemidactylus bouvieri razoensis, new subspecies, from the Cape Verde Islands]". Spixiana 5 (3): 303–310. (in German).

Taxon identifiers

Hemidactylus bouvieri|

* Wikidata: Q3130050
* Wikispecies: Hemidactylus bouvieri
* ADW: Hemidactylus_bouvieri
* CoL: 3KN8Y
* EoL: 456573
* GBIF: 5959926
* iNaturalist: 34520
* IRMNG: 11010724
* ITIS: 818660
* IUCN: 203840
* NCBI: 153722
* Open Tree of Life: 818133
* RD: bouvieri

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