Somali Plain Gecko articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Zanzibar
Type locality: Obbia to Durgale, Somalia.

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Hemidactylus puccionii, also known commonly as the Somali plain gecko and the Zanzibar leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.^[1]^[2]

Portrait of Nello Puccioni, 1903 oil painting by Giovanni Costetti, frame by Adolfo De Carolis.

The specific name, puccionii, is in honor of Italian naturalist Nello Puccioni (1881–1937).^[3]

H. puccionii is endemic to Somalia.^[1]^[2] Earlier records from Kenya and Zanzibar (Tanzania) refer to other species.^[1]

H. puccionii is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mazuch, T. (2021). "Hemidactylus puccionii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18519463A18519470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18519463A18519470.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hemidactylus puccionii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 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 puccionii, p. 212).

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Hemidactylus puccionii, also known commonly as the Somali plain gecko and the Zanzibar leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.