Species Kingdom

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Malawi Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus bonsi

Description

<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option selected="selected" value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bons%27s_dwarf_day_gecko">View on Wikipedia →</a> </h3> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of lizard</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1287766962">@media(max-width:640px){body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .infobox{width:100%!important}body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .infobox th{width:50%}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><b>Bons's dwarf day gecko</b> or <b>Bons' dwarf day gecko</b> (<i><b>Lygodactylus bonsi</b></i>) is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard">lizard</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gekkonidae" title="Gekkonidae">Gekkonidae</a>. The species is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" title="Specific name (zoology)">specific name</a>, <i>bonsi</i>, is in honour of French herpetologist <a class="external text" href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Bons">Jacques Bons</a> (born 1933). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2></div> <p><i>L. bonsi</i> was originally described as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%27s_dwarf_gecko" title="Bernard's dwarf gecko">Bernard's dwarf gecko</a> (<i>Lygodactylus bernardi)</i>, but has since year 2000 considered a full species.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_range">Geographic range</h2></div> <p><i>L. bonsi</i> is found in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulanje_Massif" title="Mulanje Massif">Mulanje Massif</a> in southern Malawi.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_19_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat">Habitat</h2></div> <p>The preferred natural <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat" title="Habitat">habitat</a> of <i>L. bonsi</i> is rocky areas in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">grassland</a>, at altitudes of 2,000–2,953 m (6,562–9,688 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_19_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2></div> <p><i>L. bonsi</i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviparity" title="Oviparity">oviparous</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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(2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/150252994/150253011">"<i>Lygodactylus bonsi</i>"</a>. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</a></i>. <b>2020</b>: e.T150252994A150253011. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T150252994A150253011.en">10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T150252994A150253011.en</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Accessed 15 September 2021.</span> </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul> <li> <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Pasteur" class="extiw" title="fr:Georges Pasteur">Pasteur G</a> (1962). "<i>Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (gekkonidés). II. Diagnose de quelques </i>Lygodactylus<i> d'Afrique</i>". <i>Bulletin de l'Institute fondamental d'Afrique noire</i> <b>24</b>: 606–614. (<i>Lygodactylus bernardi bonsi</i>, new subspecies). (in French).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herbert_R%C3%B6sler_(herpetologist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herbert Rösler (herpetologist) (page does not exist)">Rösler H</a> (2000). "<i>Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)</i>". <i>Gekkota</i> <b>2</b>: 28–153. (<i>Lygodactylus bonsi</i>, new status). (in German).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scott_L._TraverS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scott L. TraverS (page does not exist)">Travers SL</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_R._Jackman" title="Todd R. Jackman">Jackman TR</a>, <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Matthew_Bauer" class="extiw" title="fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer">Bauer AM</a> (2014). "A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (<i>Lygodactylus</i>) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism". <i>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution</i> <b>80</b>: 31–42.</li> </ul> <p><br> </p> <div class="navbox-styles"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody> <tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Taxon_identifiers1641" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Taxon_identifiers" title="Help:Taxon identifiers">Taxon identifiers</a></div></th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Lygodactylus bonsi</i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55605743" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q55605743">Q55605743</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lygodactylus_bonsi" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Lygodactylus bonsi">Lygodactylus bonsi</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/899L6">899L6</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/10853579">10853579</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inaturalist.org/taxa/738112">738112</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/150252994/0">150252994</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information" title="National Center for Biotechnology Information">NCBI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1428574">1428574</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Tree_of_Life" title="Open Tree of Life">Open Tree of Life</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Common Names

Unknown Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Gekkonidae

Genus: Lygodactylus

Species: Malawi Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus bonsi

Conservation Status

least concern (LC)