Hemidactylus ruspolii
| Hemidactylus ruspolii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. ruspolii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus ruspolii Boulenger, 1896 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemidactylus erlangeri Steindachner, 1907 | |
Hemidactylus ruspolii, also known commonly as the farm leaf-toed gecko, Prince Ruspoli's gecko, Ruspoli's gecko, and the turnip-tailed black and yellow gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to northern East Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, ruspolii, is in honor of Italian explorer Prince Eugenio Ruspoli.[2]
Geographic range
H. ruspolii is found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia.[3]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Hemidactylus ruspolii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T18519632A18519646. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18519632A18519646.en. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus ruspolii, p. 211)
- 1 2 Hemidactylus ruspolii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). "A list of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by the late Prince Eugenio Ruspoli in Somaliland and Gallaland in 1893". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Serie Seconda [Series 2]. 17: 5–14. (Hemidactylus ruspolii, new species, pp. 6–7)
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota (in German). 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus ruspolii, p. 87)
- Spawls S; Howell K; Hinkel H; Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles (Second ed.). London: Bloomsbury Natural History. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Hemidactylus ruspolii, p. 96)
- Steindachner F (1907). "Herpetologische Notizen III". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien (in German). 27: 355–356. (Hemidactylus erlangeri, new species, p. 355)