Hemidactylus bavazzanoi


Hemidactylus bavazzanoi, also known commonly as Bavazzano's gecko, the Somali banded gecko, and the Somali leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to eastern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, bavazzanoi, is in honor of Italian botanist Renato Bavazzano.

Geographic range

H. bavazzanoi is found in southern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and southern Somalia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. bavazzanoi is shrubland.

Description

Medium-sized for its genus, H. bavazzanoi may attain a snout-to-vent length of. Dorsally, it is pink with four black crossbands, a crescentic one on the neck, two on the body, and one on the base of the tail.

Reproduction

H. bavazzanoi is oviparous.