Grant's leaf-toed gecko explained

Grant's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus granti) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island Socotra. Usually it can be found camouflaging at rocky areas such as cliffs and mountain peaks.

Etymology

The specific name, granti, is in honor of Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant.^[1]

Geographic range

H. granti is found in the Hajhir Mountains of Socotra, Yemen.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. granti is rocky areas, but not limestone, at altitudes of .

Reproduction

H. granti is oviparous. Eggs are laid in communal clutches of up to 80 eggs in rock fissures and under stones.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1899). "The Expedition to Sokotra: II. Descriptions of the New Species of Reptiles". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2: 4–7. (Hemidactylus granti, new species, p. 4).
• Razzetti E et al. (14 authors) (2011). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia)". Zootaxa 2826 (1): 1–44.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus granti, p. 86). (in German).
• Rösler R, Wranik W (2004). "A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago". Fauna of Arabia 20: 505–534.

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]