Hemidactylus bouvieri explained

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. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands and is listed as critically endangered. There are two recognized subspecies.

Geographic range

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.^[1]

Taxonomy and etymology

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]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. bouvieri are grassland and shrubland, at altitudes of 250–.

Reproduction

H. bouvieri is oviparous.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies which are considered to be valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[1]

• Hemidactylus bouvieri bouvieri
• Hemidactylus bouvieri razoensis

The former subspecies, Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis, is considered a separate species, Hemidactylus boavistensis.^{[1] [3]}

Nota bene

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

Further reading

• 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).

Notes and References

1. 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. Arnold EN, Vasconcelos R, Harris DJ, Mateo JA, Carranza S. Zoologica Scripta. 37. 6. 2008. 619–636. 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00351.x. 54963695. 2018-10-05. 2020-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924144631/http://molevol.cmima.csic.es/carranza/pdf/HemidactylusCapeVerde2008.pdf. dead.
2. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]
3. Vasconcelos, R. . 2013 . Hemidactylus boavistensis . 2013 . e.T18486000A18486039 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T18486000A18486039.en . 18 November 2021.