Kamdem Toham's gecko

Kamdem Toham's gecko (Hemidactylus kamdemtohami) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to western Central Africa.

Etymology The specific name, kamdemtohami, is in honor of Cameroonese zoologist André Kamdem Toham.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xii + 296 pp. . (Hemidactylus kamdemtohami, p. 138).

Geographic range H. kamdemtohami is found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of H. kamdemtohami is forest, at altitudes of .

Behavior H. kamdemtohami is nocturnal and arboreal.

Reproduction H. kamdemtohami is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.

References

Further reading Bauer AM, Pauwels OSG (2002). "A new forest-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gabon, West Africa". African Journal of Herpetology 51 (1): 1–8. (Hemidactylus kamdemtohami, new species). Chirio L, LeBreton M (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. . (in French). Pauwels OSG, Vande weghe JP (2008). Les Reptiles du Gabon. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. 272 pp. . (in French). Rösler H (2015). "Bemerkungen über einege Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München ". Gekkota, Supplement (2): 3–54. (in German).