Speedy Leaf-toed Gecko articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: NW Somalia, Kenya (Som)
Type locality: Rahanuin Country, Italian Somaliland.

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The speedy leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus citernii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa and the Horn of Africa.

The specific name, citernii, is in honor of Italian explorer Carlo Citerni.^[2]

H. citernii is found in Djibouti and northwestern Somalia, and possibly also in Kenya.^[1]^[3]

H. citernii has been found in a variety of habitats, at altitudes of 50–960 m (160–3,150 ft).^[1]

H. citernii is oviparous.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c Mazuch T (2021). "Hemidactylus citernii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18489004A18489011.en. Accessed on 27 February 2022.
^ 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 citernii, p. 54).
^ ^a ^b Hemidactylus citernii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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The speedy leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus citernii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa and the Horn of Africa.