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Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin (BAUER et al. 2006),
Type locality: Bipindi, Cameroon, and Fernando Poo (= Bioko).

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Cameroon dwarf gecko

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The Cameroon dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus conraui), also known commonly as Conrau's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. This small gecko is found in forests, plantations and gardens in West Africa and Central Africa.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, conraui, is in honor of German colonial agent Gustav Conrau.^[2]

Geographic range

L. conraui is found from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Reproduction

L. conraui is oviparous.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Luiselli, L.; Rödel, M.-O.; Penner, J. (2022). "Lygodactylus conraui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T203848A2771836. Retrieved 8 June 2023.|volume= / |date= mismatch
^ 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. (Lygodactylus conraui, p. 58).
^ Trape, Jean-Françios; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara [Lizards, crocodiles and turtles of West Africa and the Sahara] (in French). Marseille: IRD Éditions. ISBN 978-2-7099-1726-1.
^ ^a ^b Lygodactylus conraui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ Pauwels, Olivier S.G. [in French]; Carlino, Piero; Chirio, Laurent; Albert, Jean-Louis (2016). "Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica IV" (PDF). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 51 (5): 73–79. Retrieved 2018-09-04.

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