Lygodactylus chobiensis FitzSimons, 1932

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 31-32

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13226803

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scientific name

Lygodactylus chobiensis FitzSimons, 1932
status

 

Lygodactylus chobiensis FitzSimons, 1932 View in CoL

Chobe Dwarf Gecko

Material: PEM R 22026; TM 86253

Photographs: VMUS 158901, 158903–158906

The most common gecko species, seen on trees and walls in the vicinity of Ngonye Falls campsite, visitor’s center, and Park Headquarters. Largely restricted to the Zambezi Valley ( Branch 1998; Broadley 1971a), but should be searched for along the banks of the Cuando River.

Branch WR. 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town, South Africa. 368 p.

Broadley DG. 1971 a. The reptiles and amphibians of Zambia. The Puku 6: 1 - 143.

PEM

Port Elizabeth Museum

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

TM

Teylers Museum, Paleontologische

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Gekkonidae

Genus

Lygodactylus