Tasmanian leaf-toed gecko

The Tasmanian leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus tasmani), also known commonly as Tasman's tropical house gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Zimbabwe.[1]

Tasmanian leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. tasmani
Binomial name
Hemidactylus tasmani
Hewitt, 1932

Etymology

The specific name, tasmani, is in honor of Father Kenneth Robert Tasman (1890–1968), who was a Jesuit priest, missionary, and herpetologist in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).[2]

Description

Adults of H. tasmani have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.5–7.5 cm (2.6–3.0 in).[3]

Reproduction

H. tasmani is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Hemidactylus tasmani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus tasmani, p. 261).
  3. Branch, Bill (204). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp., 112 color plates. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Hemidactylus tasmani, p. 243 + Plates 89 & 110).

Further reading
  • Hewitt J (1932). "Some New Species and Subspecies of South African Batrachians and Lizards". Annals of the Natal Museum 7 (1): 105–128. (Hemidactylus tasmani, new species).
  • Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98: 1–469. (Hemidactylus tasmani, p. 170).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus tasmani, p. 88). (in German).


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