Haemodracon riebeckii, known as the dragon-tree gecko or blood dragon gecko,[Morrison, J., Tobias, M. (2008:159). Sanctuary: global oases of innocence. San Francisco: Council Oak Books.][O'Shea, M. (2021:111). Lizards of the World: A Guide to Every Family. United Kingdom: Ivy Press.] is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae.
Etymology
The specific name,
riebeckii, is in honor of German ethnologist
Emil Riebeck.
[Beolens B, Watkins M, Michael Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ( Haemodracon riebeckii, p. 221).]
Geographic range
H. riebeckii is found on
Socotra Island and nearby
Samhah Island. Both Islands belong to Yemen.
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Habitat
The preferred of H. riebeckii are rocky areas[ and shrubland, at altitudes of .]
Behavior
H. riebeckii is active at night.[
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Reproduction
H. riebeckii is Oviparity.[
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Further reading
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Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural history). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. ( Phyllodactylus riebeckii, pp. 94–95).
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Wilhelm Peters (1882). " Über die von Herrn Dr. E. Riebeck auf Socotra gesammelten Reptilien ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1882 (3): 42–46. ( Diplodactylus riebeckii, new species, pp. 43–44). (in German and Latin).
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Rösler H, Wolfgang Wranik (2004). "A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago". Fauna of Arabia 20: 505–534.
