Nigeria leaf-toed gecko

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Nigeria leaf-toed gecko

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. ansorgii
Binomial name
*Hemidactylus ansorgii* Boulenger, 1901
Synonyms
Hemidactylus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901 Hemidactylus ansorgei [sic] Ullenbruch et al., 2010 (ex errore) Hemidactylus ansorgii — J. Dehling & D. Dehling, 2012

The Nigeria leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus ansorgii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to western Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, ansorgii, is in honor of William John Ansorge, a physician who collected natural history specimens in Africa.^[2]

Geographic range

H. ansorgii is found in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Togo.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. ansorgii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,480 m (4,860 ft), and it has also been found in teak plantations.^[1]

Diet

H. ansorgii preys upon insects and spiders.^[1]

Reproduction

H. ansorgii is oviparous.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Trape J-F, Segniagbeto G (2021). "Hemidactylus ansorgii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203838A2771773.en. Accessed on 28 September 2023.
^ 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. (Hemidactylus ansorgii, p. 10).
^ ^a ^b Hemidactylus ansorgii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Boulenger GA (1901). "Description of a new Gecko from the Niger Delta". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 7: 204. (Hemidactylus ansongii, new species).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (in German).
Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).

Taxon identifiers
Hemidactylus ansorgii	Wikidata: Q3130036 Wikispecies: Hemidactylus ansorgii ADW: Hemidactylus_ansorgii CoL: 3KN85 EoL: 793332 GBIF: 5960078 iNaturalist: 102542 IRMNG: 10363190 ITIS: 818650 IUCN: 203838 NCBI: 2716611 RD: ansorgii

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