Hemidactylus klauberi explained
Hemidactylus klauberi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.
Etymology
The specific name, klauberi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence Monroe Klauber.[1]
Reproduction
H. klauberi is oviparous.
Further reading
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Hemidactylus klauberi, p. 415).
- Scortecci G (1948). "Un nuovo Hemidactylus della Somalia ". Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Università di Genova 22: 51–55. (Hemidactylus klauberi, new species). (in Italian).
Notes and References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Hemidactylus klauberi, p. 143).