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

Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: E Ethiopia, N Somalia
Type locality: Shebeli, Abbesinia.

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Smith's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus smithi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

The specific name, smithi, is in honor of American physician Arthur Donaldson Smith.^[2]

H. smithi is found in eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia.^[3]

The preferred habitat of H. smithi is at altitudes of 630–1,100 m (2,070–3,610 ft).^[1]

H. smithi is oviparous.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Spawls, S. (2021). "Hemidactylus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178392A22589155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178392A22589155.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus smithi, p. 247).
^ ^a ^b Hemidactylus smithi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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Smith's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus smithi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.