Scortecci's dwarf gecko

Scortecci's dwarf gecko
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. scorteccii
Binomial name
	Lygodactylus scorteccii; G. Pasteur, 1959
Synonyms
	Lygodactylus picturatus scorteccii ; G. Pasteur, 1959; Lygodactylus scorteccii ; — Kluge, 1993; Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) scorteccii ; — Rösler, 2000;

Scortecci's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus scorteccii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, scorteccii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Giuseppe Scortecci.^[2]

L. scorteccii is found in Ethiopia, northwestern Kenya, and Somalia.^[1]

L. scorteccii is oviparous.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Lygodactylus scorteccii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ 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 scorteccii, p. 239).

Pasteur G (1959). "Diagnose de Lygodactylus picturatus scorteccii subsp. nov. (gekkonidés)". Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc 59 (7): 105–106. (Lygodactylus picturatus scorteccii, new subspecies). (in French).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (in German). Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) scorteccii, p. 94.
Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618.

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