Ancylodactylus dickersonae, also known commonly as Dickerson's forest gecko, Dickerson's gecko, and the four-lined forest gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Africa.[2]
| Ancylodactylus dickersonae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Ancylodactylus |
| Species: | A. dickersonae
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancylodactylus dickersonae (Schmidt, 1919)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, dickersonae, is in honor of American herpetologist Mary Cynthia Dickerson.[3]
Geographic range edit
A. dickersonae is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[1][2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of A. dickersonae is forest, at elevations of 400–2,200 m (1,300–7,200 ft).[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Spawls, S.; Beraduccii [sic], J.; Malonza, P.K. (2021). "Cnemaspis dickersonae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21267125A21267287. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Ancylodactylus dickersonae ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ 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. (Cnemaspis dickersonae, p. 72).
Further reading edit
- Malonza PK, Bauer AM (2022). "Resurrection of the African gecko genus Ancyclodactylus Müller, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and description of six new species from Kenya". Zootaxa 5141 (2): 101–139. (Ancyclodactylus dickersonae, new combination).
- Michels JP, Bauer AM (2004). "Some Corrections to the Scientific Names of Amphibians and Reptiles". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 52 (1/2): 83–94. (Cnemaspis dickersonae, p. 87, corrected gender of scientific name).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cnemaspis dickersoni, p. 62). (in German).
- Schmidt KP (1919). "Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Part I. Turtles, Crocodiles, Lizards, and Chameleons". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 39 (2): 385–624. (Gonatodes dickersoni, new species, p. 436).