Lygodactylus grotei

Lygodactylus grotei, also known commonly as Grote's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to East Africa and Southern Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.

Lygodactylus grotei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. grotei
Binomial name
Lygodactylus grotei Sternfeld, 1911
Synonyms[1]
Lygodactylus grotei Sternfeld, 1911 Lygodactylus capensis mossambica Loveridge, 1920 Lygodactylus capensis grotei — Broadley & Howell, 1991 Lygodactylus grotei — Branch, Rödel & Marais, 2005

Etymology

The specific name, grotei, is in honor of German ornithologist Hermann Grote, who collected the holotype of the species.[1]

The subspecific name, pakenhami, is in honor of R. H. W. Pakenham, who collected the holotype of the subspecies.[2]

Geographic range

L. grotei is found in Tanzania and northern Mozambique.[1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]

• Lygodactylus grotei grotei Sternfeld, 1911
• Lygodactylus grotei pakenhami Loveridge, 1941

References

1. Lygodactylus grotei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
2. Loveridge (1941).

Further reading

• Loveridge A (1941). "New Geckos (Phelsuma & Lygodactylus), Snake (Leptotyphlops), and Frog (Phrynobatrachus) from Pemba Island, East Africa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54: 175–178. (Lygodactylus grotei pakenhami, new subspecies, pp. 176–177).
• Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Lygodactylus grotei, p. 105).
• Sternfeld R (1911). "Zur Reptilian-Fauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Fruende zu Berlin 1911: 244–251. (Lygodactylus grotei, new species, p. 245). (in German).