Grant's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus granti) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island Socotra.[2] Usually it can be found camouflaging at rocky areas such as cliffs and mountain peaks.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. granti
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus granti Boulenger, 1899
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Etymology edit
The specific name, granti, is in honor of Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant.[3]
Geographic range edit
H. granti is found in the Hajhir Mountains of Socotra, Yemen.[1]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of H. granti is rocky areas, but not limestone, at altitudes of 970–1,463 m (3,182–4,800 ft).[1]
Reproduction edit
H. granti is oviparous.[2] Eggs are laid in communal clutches of up to 80 eggs in rock fissures and under stones.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Hemidactylus granti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T199724A9123061. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199724A9123061.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Hemidactylus granti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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 granti, p. 106).
Further reading edit
- Boulenger GA (1899). "The Expedition to Sokotra: II. Descriptions of the New Species of Reptiles". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2: 4–7. (Hemidactylus granti, new species, p. 4).
- Razzetti E et al. (14 authors) (2011). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia)". Zootaxa 2826 (1): 1–44.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus granti, p. 86). (in German).
- Rösler R, Wranik W (2004). "A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago". Fauna of Arabia 20: 505–534.