Pasteur's dwarf gecko

Pasteur's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus arnoulti), also commonly known as Arnoult's gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Madagascar.

Pasteur's dwarf gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. arnoulti
Binomial name
Lygodactylus arnoulti G. Pasteur, 1965
Geographic range of L.arnoulti on the island of Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, arnoulti, is in honor of French ichthyologist Jacques Arnoult (1914–1995).^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. arnoulti are grassland and savanna, at altitudes of 1,700–2,100 m (5,600–6,900 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

L. arnoulti is oviparous.^[3]

References

1. Vences, M. (2011). "Lygodactylus arnoulti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172991A6954177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172991A6954177.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. 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. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, p. 12).
3. Species Lygodactylus arnoulti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070929013959/http://www.zooinstitutes.com/Zoology/continents.asp?name=AFRICA

Further reading

• Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
• Pasteur G (1965). "Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). IV. Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 36: 311–314. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, new species). (in French).
• Röll B (2004). "Lygodactylus arnoulti Pasteur". Sauria Supplement 26 (3): 613–616. (in German).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus arnoulti, p. 92). (in German).