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Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: Republic of South Africa (NW Cap Province), Zimbabwe, Botswana, S Angola, Namibia ?
Type locality: Quickborn Farm near Okahandja, Southwest Africa.
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Bradfield's dwarf gecko

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Bradfield's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus bradfieldi) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa.

Geographic range

L. bradfieldi is native to southern Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and the Republic of South Africa.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, bradfieldi, is in honor of R.D. Bradfield (1882–1949), who was a South African farmer and naturalist.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. bradfieldi are desert and savanna.[4]

Description

L. bradfieldi may attain a snout-to-vent length of 3 cm (1.2 in). Dorsally, it is grayish brown, with white and black stripes. Ventrally, it is cream-colored.[4]

Reproduction

L. bradfieldi is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Species Lygodactylus bradfieldi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ "Bradfield's dwarf gecko/Lygodactylus bradfieldi ". Zoo Institutes. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygodactylus bradfieldi, p. 36).
  4. ^ a b Branch (2004).
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Bradfield's dwarf gecko: Brief Summary

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Bradfield's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus bradfieldi) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa.

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