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Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: SW Morocco (Mogador/Atlas Mountains; elevation 1200 to 4000 m)
Type locality: Djebel Hadid, near Mogador, Morocco.

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Atlas day gecko

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The Atlas day gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.

Taxonomy

This species shares the common name of Atlas day gecko with another species, Quedenfeldtia moerens.

Biology

Q. trachyblepharus is diurnal, and is adapted to cold climates.^[3] Its natural habitat is rocky areas. Q. trachyblepharus is the dominant species in the alpine lizard assemblage above 2,500 m (8,200 ft).^[3] It is an oviparous species.^[2]

References

^ Joger, U. [in German]; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, H.; Geniez, P. (2006). "Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61564A12516835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61564A12516835.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Species Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
^ ^a ^b Bouazza, Abdellah; Slimani, Tahar; El Mouden, El Hassan; Blouin-Demers, Gabriel; Lourdais, Olivier (2016). "Thermal constraints and the influence of reproduction on thermoregulation in a high‐altitude gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus)". Journal of Zoology 300 (1): 36-44.

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