Fischer's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus fischeri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to West Africa and Central Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. fischeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus fischeri Boulenger, 1890
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Etymology
editThe specific name, fischeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer.[2][3]
Geographic range
editL. fischeri is found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and southeast Nigeria,[1][2] with a single, isolated record from Benin.[1] The record from Sierra Leone is questionable.[1][2]
Ecology
editL. fischeri is a rare and highly cryptic species occurring in closed humid forest and gallery forest. It is probably an insectivore feeding on ants.[1]
Description
editDorsally, L. fischeri is light olive green, with several longitudinal series of small black dots. Ventrally, it is uniformly white. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).[4]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Chirio, L.; Luiselli, L. (2021). "Lygodactylus fischeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T203849A2771843. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203849A2771843.en. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d Lygodactylus fischeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 October 2021.
- ^ 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. (Lygodactylus fischeri, p, 90).
- ^ Boulenger GA (1890). "First Report on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the British Museum (Natural History)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 77–86 + Plates VIII–XI. (Lygodactylus fischeri, new species, p. 80 + Plate VIII, figure 1).
Further reading
edit- 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. (Lygodactylus fischeri, pp. 206–207).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus fischeri, p. 93). (in German).
- Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, Crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).