Newton's leaf-toed gecko explained

Newton's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus newtoni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

Etymology

The specific name, newtoni, is in honor of Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton.^[1]

Geographic range

H. newtoni is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea.

Reproduction

H. newtoni is oviparous.

Taxonomy

H. newtoni was described and named by Júlio Bethencourt Ferreira in 1897.

Further reading

• Ferreira, J. Bethencourt (1897). "Sobre um Hemidactylus novo da ilha de Anno Bom ". Jornal de Sciencias, Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Segunda Série 4: 249–251. (Hemidactylus newtoni, new species). (in Portuguese).

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 newtoni, p. 189).