Koehler's gecko explained

Koehler's gecko (Ancylodactylus koehleri) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, koehleri, is in honor of Max Köhler who collected the holotype.^[1]

Geographic range

A. koehleri is found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea,^[2] and also in Gabon and Nigeria.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. koehleri is forest, at altitudes of .

Reproduction

A. koehleri is oviparous.^[2]

Further reading

• Chirio, Laurent

LeBreton, Matthew (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. . (in French).

• Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98 (1): 1–469 + Plates 1–7. ("Cnemaspis africanus köhleri [sic]", new combination, pp. 90–91).
• Mertens R (1937). "Eine neue, tiergeographisch bemerkenswerte Eidechse aus Kamerun ". Senckenbergiana 19: 381–384. (Cnemaspis köhleri, new species). (in German).
• Perret J-L (1986). "Révision des espèces africaines du Genre Cnemaspis Strauch, sous-genre Ancylodactylus Müller (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), avec la description de quatre espèces nouvelles ". Revue suisse Zool. 93 (2): 457–505. (Cnemaspis koehleri, new status, pp. 477–480, Figures 17–18). (in French).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. Web site: Ancylodactylus koehleri . The Reptile Database. 2017-11-11.