Grant's Leaf-toed Gecko articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Africa Near-East
Distribution: Somalia, Socotra Island (Yemen)
Type locality: Adho Dimellus, Socotra (elevation: 3500-4500 feet).

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Grant's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus granti) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Socotra.^[2]

Usually it can be found camouflaging at rocky areas, for example cliffs, and mountain peaks.

The specific name, granti, is in honor of Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant.^[3]

H. granti is oviparous.^[2]

^ Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Hemidactylus granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T199724A9123061. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199724A9123061.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Hemidactylus granti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ 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. ("Grant, W.R.O.", p. 106).

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Grant's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus granti) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Socotra.

Usually it can be found camouflaging at rocky areas, for example cliffs, and mountain peaks.