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Continent: Africa
Distribution: C Somalia, Ethiopia
Type locality: Hegligab District (elevation 1500 feet), British Somaliland.
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Taylor's fat-tailed gecko

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Taylor's fat-tailed gecko (Hemitheconyx taylori), also known commonly as Taylor's fat-tail gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Eublepharidae. The species is native to northeastern Africa.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, taylori, is in honor of British army officer Captain R. H. R. Taylor.[3]

Geographic range

H. taylori is found in eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. taylori is desert, at altitudes of 2,100–4,100 ft (640–1,250 m).[4] They reportedly survive the dry landscape by adopting a nocturnal and even semi-fossorial lifestyle.[5]

Reproduction

H. taylori is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Spawls, S. (2021). "Hemitheconyx taylori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T203831A2771724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T203831A2771724.en. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hemitheconyx taylori at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ 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. (Hemitheconyx taylori, p. 262).
  4. ^ Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98 (1): 1–469 + Plates 1–7. (Hemitheconyx taylori, pp. 25–26).
  5. ^ Andreas Kirschner; Hermann Seufer & Yuri Kaverkin (2005). The eyelash geckos: Care, breeding and natural history. Karlsruhe: Kirschner und Seufer. ISBN 978-3-9804207-8-5. OCLC 181523397.
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Taylor's fat-tailed gecko: Brief Summary

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Taylor's fat-tailed gecko (Hemitheconyx taylori), also known commonly as Taylor's fat-tail gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Eublepharidae. The species is native to northeastern Africa.

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Hemitheconyx taylori ( Basque )

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Hemitheconyx taylori: Brief Summary ( Basque )

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Hemitheconyx taylori Hemitheconyx generoko animalia da. Narrastien barruko Eublepharidae familian sailkatuta dago.

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Hemitheconyx taylori ( French )

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Hemitheconyx taylori est une espèce de geckos de la famille des Eublepharidae[1].

Répartition

Cette espèce se rencontre en Somalie et en Éthiopie[1].

Description

C'est un gecko insectivore, nocturne et terrestre qui a un aspect assez primitif, avec de grosses écailles apparentes sur la tête. Le corps est couvert de petites protubérences noires ou blanches. La queue est relativement courtes et large. Le corps est marron clair, avec de larges bandes transversales marron plus sombre, bordées de fines lignes noires. L'avant de la tête est marron.

Étymologie

Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Edward Harrison Taylor[2].

Publication originale

  • Parker, 1930 : Three new Reptiles from Somaliland. Annals and magazine of natural history, ser. 10, vol. 6, p. 603-606.

Notes et références

  1. a et b (en) Référence Reptarium Reptile Database : Hemitheconyx taylori
  2. Beolens, Watkins & Grayson, 2009 : The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 1-296
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Hemitheconyx taylori: Brief Summary ( French )

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Hemitheconyx taylori est une espèce de geckos de la famille des Eublepharidae.

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