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Natal Pygmy Gecko
Coleodactylus natalensis
Coleodactylus natalensis is a species of South American Gekkonidae (gecko). With a length of 35 millimetres, it is one of the smallest known lizards.
From the article Natal pygmy gecko on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
With a total length (including tail) of 35 mm (1.4 in), C. natalensis is one of the smallest known lizards.
What it does
C. natalensis is oviparous. Females probably have a clutch size just one egg. Size at hatching is 11 mm (0.4 in) in snout–vent length; the tail adds to this only one millimeter.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
In human culture
The specific epithet, natalensis, refers to Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, the location of its first discovery.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Coleodactylus natalensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 33403.