Microgecko helenae
| Microgecko helenae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Microgecko |
| Species: | M. helenae
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| Binomial name | |
| Microgecko helenae Nikolsky, 1907
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Microgecko helenae, also known commonly as the banded dwarf gecko, Helen's banded dwarf gecko, Helen's tiny gecko, the Khuristan dwarf gecko, or the Khuzestan dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to western Iran.[2]
Etymology[]
The specific name, helenae, is in honor of Helena Nikolsky.[3]
References[]
- ^ Natalia Ananjeva, Theodore Papenfuss, Soheila Shafiei Bafti.; Mozafar Sharifi (2009). "Microgecko helenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164568A5908520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164568A5908520.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Microgecko helenae 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. (Tropiocolotes helenae, p. 119).
Further reading[]
- "Nikolski AM" (1907) ("1905"). "Reptiles et Amphibies, recueillis par Mr. N. A. Zaroudny en Perse en 1903–1904 ". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 10 (3-4): 260-301 + Plate I. (Microgecko helenae, new species, pp. 265–268). (article in Latin and Russian, article title in French in table of contents of journal).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Microgecko
- Reptiles described in 1907
- Reptiles of Iran
- Taxa named by Alexander Nikolsky
- Gekkonidae stubs