| Arnold's leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. arnoldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus arnoldi Lanza, 1978 | |
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Arnold's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus arnoldi) is aspecies oflizard in thefamilyGekkonidae. The species isendemic toSomalia.
Thespecific name,arnoldi, is in honor of British herpetologistEdwin Nicholas "Nick" Arnold.[2]
H. arnoldi is found in northwestern Somalia.[3]
The preferredhabitats ofH. arnoldi are rocky areas andshrubland, at an altitude of 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
H. arnoldi is large for itsgenus, and it is stout. Theholotype, an adult female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.2 cm (3.2 in).[4]
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