Holodactylus

Taxobox
name = "Holodactylus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Gekkonidae
subfamilia = Eublepharinae
genus = "Holodactylus"

"Holodactylus" is a genus of small geckos, collectively known as African Clawed Geckos.

Distribution

Both species in the genus live in North-eastern Africa. The range of "Holodactylus africanus" stretches from the Maasai Steppe, on the border between Kenya and Tanzania to Ethiopia. The second species "Holodactylus corni" has only been found in Ethiopia and Somalia.

Habitat

These terrestrial geckos mainly inhabit arid steppes and savannas. The females usually lay two soft-shelled eggs which are subsequently buried in moist substrate.

Classification of genus "Holodactylus"

* African Clawed Geckos, "Holodactylus africanus"
* East African Clawed Geckos, "Holodactylus cornii"

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