Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, also known commonly as Bavazzano's gecko, the Somali banded gecko, and the Somali leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to eastern Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, bavazzanoi, is in honor of Italian botanist .
Geographic range
H. bavazzanoi is found in southern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and southern Somalia.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of H. bavazzanoi is shrubland.
Description
Medium-sized for its genus, H. bavazzanoi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . Dorsally, it is pink with four black crossbands, a crescentic one on the neck, two on the body, and one on the base of the tail.
Reproduction
H. bavazzanoi is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- Lanza B (1978). "On some new or interesting east African reptiles and amphibians". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 10 (14): 229âÂÂ297. (Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, new species, pp. 249âÂÂ255, Figures 13âÂÂ16). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
- , (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopea and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. . (Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, p. 291).
- (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28âÂÂ153. (Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, p. 85). (in German).
- Spawls S, , , (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. . (Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, p. 87).