Hemidactylus bouvieri
Hemidactylus bouvieri, also known commonly as Bouvier's leaf-toed gecko and the Cape Verde leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.[2] The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands and is listed as critically endangered. There are two recognized subspecies.
| Hemidactylus bouvieri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. bouvieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus bouvieri (Bocourt, 1870) | |
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Geographic range
In the Cape Verde Islands H. bouvieri has been found on the islands of São Vicente, Santo Antão, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Santiago and Ilhéu Raso.[3]
Taxonomy and etymology
H. bouvieri was originally described and named by Marie Firmin Bocourt in 1870. The specific name, bouvieri, is in honor of French zoologist Aimé Bouvier (died 1919).[2][4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of H. bouvieri are grassland and shrubland, at altitudes of 250–700 m (820–2,300 ft).[1]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies which are considered to be valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
- Hemidactylus bouvieri bouvieri (Bocourt, 1870)
- Hemidactylus bouvieri razoensis Gruber & Schleich, 1982
The former subspecies, Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis Boulenger, 1906, is considered a separate species, Hemidactylus boavistensis.[3][5]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Hemidactylus.
References
- Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Hemidactylus bouvieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203840A2771787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203840A2771787.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Hemidactylus bouvieri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 April 2017.
- Arnold EN, Vasconcelos R, Harris DJ, Mateo JA, Carranza S (2008). "Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the endemic Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) of the Cape Verde Islands: based on morphology and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 37 (6): 619–636. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00351.x. S2CID 54963695.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus bouvieri, p. 35).
- Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Hemidactylus boavistensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T18486000A18486039. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T18486000A18486039.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Further reading
- Bocourt MF (1870). "Description de quelques sauriens nouveaux originaires de l'Amérique méridionale [= Description of Some New Lizards Originating in Central America]". Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris [= New Archives of the Natural History Museum of Paris] 6: 11–18. (Emydactylus bouvieri, new species, pp. 17–18). (in French).
- Boulenger GA (1906). "Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova [= Annals of the Civic Museum of Natural History of Genoa], Series 3, 42: 196–216. (Hemidactylus boavistensis, new species, p. 198).
- Gruber HJ, Schleich HH (1982). "Hemidactylus bouvieri razoensis nov. ssp. von den Kapverdischen [= Hemidactylus bouvieri razoensis, new subspecies, from the Cape Verde Islands]". Spixiana 5 (3): 303–310. (in German).