Newton's leaf-toed gecko
| Newton's leaf-toed gecko | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. newtoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus newtoni | |
Newton's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus newtoni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is indigenous to Equatorial Guinea.
Etymology
The specific name, newtoni, is in honor of Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton.[3]
Geographic distribution
Hemidactylus newtoni is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea.[2]
Reproduction
Hemidactylus newtoni is oviparous.[2]
Taxonomy
Hemidactylus newtoni was described and named by J. Bethencourt Ferreira in 1897.[2] The species is known only from the type series[1] of seven specimens collected in 1893.[4]
References
- ^ a b Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Hemidactylus newtoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T18519275A18519318.en. Accessed on 08 February 2026.
- ^ a b c d Hemidactylus newtoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-26.
- ^ 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. (Hemidactylus newtoni, p. 189).
- ^ Ferreira (1897).
Further reading
- Ferreira, J. Bethencourt (1897). "Sobre um Hemidactylus novo da ilha de Anno Bom ". Jornal de Sciencias, Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Segunda Série 4: 249–251. (Hemidactylus newtoni, new species). (in Portuguese).
- 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. + Plates 1–7. (Hemidactylus newtoni, p. 193).
- Rösler, H. (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota. 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus newtoni, p. 87). (in German).