Nigeria leaf-toed gecko
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. ansorgii
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| Hemidactylus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901
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The Nigeria leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus ansorgii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to western Africa.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, ansorgii, is in honor of William John Ansorge, a physician who collected natural history specimens in Africa.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]H. ansorgii is found in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Togo.[3]
Habitat
[edit]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
[edit]H. ansorgii preys upon insects and spiders.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
Further reading
[edit]- 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).