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| image_caption = ''[[Holodactylus africanus]]'' |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]] |
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| ordo = [[Squamata]] |
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| infraordo = [[Gekkota]] |
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| familia = [[Eublepharidae]] |
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| subfamilia = [[Eublepharinae]] |
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| genus = '''''Holodactylus''''' |
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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.