Hemidactylus bouvieri
| Hemidactylus bouvieri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. lopezjuradoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi Bocourt (1870) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hemidactylus bouvieri (English name: Bouvier's half nailed gecko) is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands and is listed critically endangered, one of the islands and islets where they are founded are Boa Vista and Raso.[1] The species were named in by Marie-Firmin Bocourt in 1870.
Etymology
The specific name is named after Aimé Bouvier.[1][2]
Subspecies
There are three subspecies including[1]
Other
In 1986, the Correios de Cabo Verde featured the species of gecko on a stamp.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Tarentola bouvieri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 April 2017.
- ↑ Beolens, Watkins & Grayson, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009, p. 1-296
Further reading
- Bocourt, 1870 : Description de quelques sauriens nouveaux originaires de l'Amérique méridionale. (Description on Some New Lizards Originated in Central America) New Archives of the Natural History Museum of Paris, vol. 6, p. 11-18
- Boulenger, 1906 : Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Civic Museum of Natural History, Genoa), ser. 3, vol.3, p. 196-216
- Gruber & Schleich, 1982 : Hemidactylus bouvieri razoensis nov. ssp. von den Kapverdischen. (Hemidactylus bouvieri razoensis now. ssp. of Cape Verde) Spixiana, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 303-310
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