Kamdem Toham's gecko
Kamdem Toham's gecko (Hemidactylus kamdemtohami ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to western Central Africa.
| Kamdem Toham's gecko | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. kamdemtohami |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus kamdemtohami | |
Etymology
The specific name, kamdemtohami, is in honor of Cameroonese zoologist André Kamdem Toham.[1]
Geographic range
H. kamdemtohami is found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.[2]
References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus kamdemtohami, p. 138).
- Hemidactylus kamdemtohami at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 February 2021.
Further reading
- Bauer AM, Pauwels OSG (2002). "A new forest-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gabon, West Africa". African Journal of Herpetology 51 (1): 1–8. (Hemidactylus kamdemtohami, new species).
- Chirio, Laurent; LeBreton, Matthew (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (in French).
- Rösler, Herbert (2015). "Bemerkungen über einege Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung Müchen ". Gekkota, Suppl. (2): 3-54. (in German).
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