Lygodactylus kimhowelli

Lygodactylus kimhowelli, also known commonly as Kim Howell's dwarf gecko, the Tanzanian dwarf gecko, and the zebra dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.[2]

Lygodactylus kimhowelli
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. kimhowelli
Binomial name
Lygodactylus kimhowelli

Etymology

The specific name, kimhowelli, is in honor of herpetologist Kim Monroe Howell (born 1945).[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. kimhowelli is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,350 m (4,430 ft), but it has also been found in suburban gardens.[1]

Behavior

L. kimhowelli is arboreal and diurnal.[1]

Reproduction

L. kimhowelli is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs.[1]

References
  1. Howell K, Beraducci J, Ngalason W (2021). "Lygodactylus kimhowelli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44648362A45073137.en. Accessed on 01 April 2024
  2. Lygodactylus kimhowelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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. (Lygodactylus kimhowelli, p. 126).

Further reading
  • Pasteur G (1995). "Biodiversité et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles espèces fossiles et actuelles du genre de lézards Lygodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Dumerilia 2: 1–21. (Lygodactylus kimhowelli, new species). (in French).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus kimhowelli, p. 93). (in German).
  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618.



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