Crossobamon eversmanni
Crossobamon eversmanni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Crossobamon |
Species: | C. eversmanni
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Binomial name | |
Crossobamon eversmanni (Wiegmann, 1834)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Crossobamon eversmanni, known commonly as the comb-toed gecko, is a species of Asian gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
Etymology[]
The specific name, eversmanni, is in honor of Russian-German entomologist Alexander Eduard Friedrich Eversmann.[2]
Geographic range[]
C. eversmanni is found in several countries of Central Asia, Iran and Pakistan.[1]
Subspecies[]
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
- Crossobamon eversmanni eversmanni (Wiegmann, 1834)
- Crossobamon eversmanni lumsdenii (Boulenger, 1887)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Crossobamon.
References[]
- ^ a b c Crossobamon eversmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Crossobamon eversmanni, p. 86).
Further reading[]
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Stenodactylus lumsdenii, new species, p. 479).
- Wiegmann AFA (1834). Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense pervenerunt, Pars prima, saurorum species amplectens. Adiecto systematis saurorum prodromo, additisque multis in hunc amphibiorum ordinem observationibus. Berlin: C.G. Lüderitz. vi + 54 pp. + Plates I-X. (Gymnodactylus eversmanni, new species, p. 19). (in Latin).
Categories:
- Crossobamon
- Reptiles described in 1834
- Gekkonidae stubs