Hemidactylus ruspolii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. ruspolii
Binomial name
Hemidactylus ruspolii
Boulenger, 1896
Synonyms

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.[1]

Geographic range

H. ruspolii is found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia.[2]

Reproduction

H. ruspolii is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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 ruspolii, p. 211).
  2. ^ a b Hemidactylus ruspolii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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