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Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: NW Somalia, probably adjacent Djibouti and Ethiopia

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Arnold's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus arnoldi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.

The specific name, arnoldi, is in honor of British herpetologist Edwin Nicholas "Nick" Arnold.^[2]

H. arnoldi is found in northwestern Somalia.^[3]

The preferred habitats of H. arnoldi are rocky areas and shrubland, at an altitude of 500 m (1,600 ft).^[1]

H. arnoldi is large for its genus, and it is stout. The holotype, an adult female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.2 cm (3.2 in).^[4]

H. arnoldi is oviparous.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Mazuch, T.; Spawls, S. (2021). "Hemidactylus arnoldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178656A22541320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178656A22541320.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus arnoldi, p. 11).
^ ^a ^b Hemidactylus arnoldi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ Lanza (1978), Figure 10.

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Arnold's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus arnoldi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.