Stevenson's dwarf gecko explained

Stevenson's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus stevensoni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, stevensoni, is in honor of James Stevenson-Hamilton, the "father" of Kruger National Park.^[1]

Geographic range

L. stevensoni is found in northeastern South Africa and southwestern Zimbabwe.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. stevensoni is wooded granite-hills, where it is found on rocks and beneath the bark of dead trees.

Description

Adults of L. stevensoni have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3–.^[2]

Reproduction

L. stevensoni is oviparous.

Further reading

• Hewitt J (1926). "Descriptions of some new species of batrachians and lizards from South Africa". Annals of the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg 5: 435–448. (Lygodactylus stevensoni, new species).
• Röll B, Pröhl H, Hoffmann K-P (2010). "Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 327–335.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus stevensoni, p. 94). (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. . (Lygodatylus stevensoni, p. 253).
2. [William Roy Branch|Branch, Bill]