Ancylodactylus spawlsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Ancylodactylus
Species: Ancylodactylus spawlsi

Name

Ancylodactylus spawlsi Malonza & Bauer, 2022: 124

• Holotype: NMK-L3470, adult ♂, collected by Stephen Spawls, Patrick K. Malonza & Vincent Muchai on 30 October 2013.
• Type locality: “Lolldaiga Farm, Lolldaiga Hills Conservancy, Laikipia County, Kenya (00.21300° N, 37.12985° E; 2120 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Malonza, P.K. & Bauer, A.M. 2022. Resurrection of the African gecko genus Ancylodactylus Müller, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and description of six new species from Kenya. Zootaxa 5141(2): 101–139. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.2.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Ancylodactylus spawlsi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Spawls’ Pygmy Forest Gecko