The speedy leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus citernii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa and the Horn of Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, citernii, is in honor of Italian explorer .
Geographic range
H. citernii is found in Djibouti and northwestern Somalia, and possibly also in Kenya.
Habitat
H. citernii has been found in a variety of habitats, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
H. citernii is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1912). "Missione per la Frontiera Italo-Etiopica sotto il commando del Capitano Carlo Citerni. Resulti zoologici. List of the Reptiles and Batrachians". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie terza [Third Series] 5: 329âÂÂ332. (Hemidactylus citernii, new species, pp. 329âÂÂ330). (in English, except for some Italian in title).
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: checklist and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407âÂÂ465. (Hemidactylus citernii, p. 414).
- Parker HW (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 91: 1âÂÂ101. (Hemidactylus citernii, p. 30).
- (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28âÂÂ153. (Hemidactylus citernii, p. 85). (in German).