Hemidactylus bavazzanoi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Hemidactylus |
Species: | H. bavazzanoi
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Binomial name | |
Hemidactylus bavazzanoi
Lanza, 1978
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Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, also known commonly as Bavazzano's gecko, the Somali banded gecko, and the Somali leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to eastern Africa.
The specific name, bavazzanoi, is in honor of Italian botanist Renato Bavazzano. [2]
H. bavazzanoi is found in southern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and southern Somalia. [3]
The preferred natural habitat of H. bavazzanoi is shrubland. [1]
Medium-sized for its genus, H. bavazzanoi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4 cm (1.6 in). Dorsally, it is pink with four black crossbands, a crescentic one on the neck, two on the body, and one on the base of the tail. [3]
H. bavazzanoi is oviparous. [3]