Hemidactylus puccionii explained

Hemidactylus puccionii, also known commonly as the Somali plain gecko and the Zanzibar leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.

Etymology

The specific name, puccionii, is in honor of Italian naturalist Nello Puccioni (1881–1937).^[1]

Geographic range

H. puccionii is endemic to Somalia. Earlier records from Kenya and Zanzibar (Tanzania) refer to other species.

Reproduction

H. puccionii is oviparous.

Further reading

• Calabresi E (1927). "Anfibi e rettili raccolti nella Somalia dai Proff. G. Stefanini e N. Puccioni (gennaio – luglio 1924) [= Amphibians and Reptiles Collected in Somalia by Professors G. Stefanini and N. Puccioni (January – July 1924)]". Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 66: 14–60. (Hemidactylus puccionii, new species, p. 23). (in Italian).
• Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: checklist and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)" Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus puccionii, p. 87). (in German).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Hemidactylus puccionii, p. 212).