Guichard's rock gecko

Guichard's rock gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Pristurus
Species:
P. guichardi
Binomial name
Pristurus guichardi
Arnold, 1986

Guichard's rock gecko (Pristurus guichardi) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the island of Socotra of Yemen.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, guichardi, is in honor of British entomologist Kenneth Mackinnon Guichard.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. guichardi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 90–1,030 m (300–3,380 ft).[1]

Behavior

P. guichardi is arboreal.[1]

Reproduction

P. guichardi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Pristurus guichardi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T199729A9123694. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199729A9123694.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Pristurus guichardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ 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. (Pristurus guichardi, p. 111).

Further reading

  • Arnold EN (1986). "New species of semaphore gecko (Pristurus: Gekkonidae) from Arabia and Socotra". Fauna of Arabia 8: 352–377. (Pristurus guichardi, new species).
  • Fasola, Mauro; Razzetti, Edoardo; Sindaco, Roberto; Ziliani, Ugo; Delle Monache, Daniele; Pellitteri-Rosa, Daniele; Carranza, Salvador (2020). "Ecological preferences of the endemic reptile community of Socotra". Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 31: 687–701.
  • Garcia-Porta J, Morales HE, Gómez-Díaz E, Sindaco R, Carranza S (2016). "Patterns of diversification in islands: A comparative study across three gecko genera in the Socotra Archipelago". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 98: 288–299.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pristurus guichardi, p. 106). (in German).
  • Rösler H, Wranik W (2004). "A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago". Fauna of Arabia 20: 505–534.



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