Newton's leaf-toed gecko

Newton's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus newtoni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is indigenous to Equatorial Guinea.

Etymology The specific name, newtoni, is in honor of Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Hemidactylus newtoni, p. 189).

Geographic distribution Hemidactylus newtoni is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea.

Reproduction Hemidactylus newtoni is oviparous.

Taxonomy Hemidactylus newtoni was described and named by J. Bethencourt Ferreira in 1897. The species is known only from the type series of seven specimens collected in 1893.Ferreira (1897).

References

Further reading Ferreira, J. Bethencourt (1897). "Sobre um Hemidactylus novo da ilha de Anno Bom ". Jornal de Sciencias, Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Segunda Série 4: 249–251. (Hemidactylus newtoni, new species). (in Portuguese). + Plates 1–7. (Hemidactylus newtoni, p. 193). (Hemidactylus newtoni, p. 87). (in German).