Arnold's leaf-toed gecko explained

Arnold's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus arnoldi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.

Etymology

The specific name, arnoldi, is in honor of British herpetologist Edwin Nicholas "Nick" Arnold.^[1]

Geographic range

H. arnoldi is found in northwestern Somalia.

Habitat

The preferred habitats of H. arnoldi are rocky areas and shrubland, at an altitude of 500m (1,600feet).

Description

H. arnoldi is large for its genus, and it is stout. The holotype, an adult female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.2cm (03.2inches).^[2]

Reproduction

H. arnoldi is oviparous.

Further reading

• Lanza B (1978). "On some new or interesting east African amphibians and reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 10 (14): 229–297. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, new species, p. 243–249, Figures 10–12). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
• Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, pp. 414, 445).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, p. 85). (in German).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. [Benedetto Lanza|Lanza]