Английская Википедия:Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi, also known commonly as the button-scaled gecko, FitzSimons' thick-toed gecko,[1] Fitzsimons's thick-toed gecko, and FitzSimons' tubercled gecko,[2] is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southwestern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, fitzsimonsi, is in honor of South African herpetologist Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons.[3]

Geographic range

C. fitzsimonsi is found in Angola and Namibia.[1]

Description

C. fitzsimonsi is a large, heavy-bodied gecko. Adults average Шаблон:Convert snout-to-vent length (SVL). The record size is a male Шаблон:Convert SVL. Dorsally, it is olive-colored, with four or five dark undulating crossbands. Ventrally, it is white.[4]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of C. fitzsimonsi is rocky outcrops in arid savanna or in semidesert,[4] at altitudes of Шаблон:Cvt.[2]

Reproduction

C. fitzsimonsi is oviparous.[1]

References

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Further reading

  • Bauer AM, Lamb T (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the Pachydactylus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". African Journal of Herpetology 54 (2): 105–129. (Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi, new combination).
  • Heinz MD, Brennan IG, Jackman TR, Bauer AM (2021). "Phylogeny of the genus Chondrodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the establishment of a stable taxonomy". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 163 (5): 151–210. (Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi, p. 180).
  • Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98 (1): 1–469. (Pachydactylus laevigatus fitzsimonsi, new name, pp. 400–401).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pachydactylus fitzsimonsi, p. 98). (in German).


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  2. 2,0 2,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок iucn не указан текст
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. ("FitzSimons, V.", p. 91).
  4. 4,0 4,1 Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Pachydactylus fitzsimonsi, p. 255 + Plate 84).