Persian wonder gecko
Persian wonder gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
Genus: | Teratoscincus |
Species: | T. keyserlingii
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Binomial name | |
Teratoscincus keyserlingii Strauch, 1863
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The Persian wonder gecko (Teratoscincus keyserlingii ), also known commonly as the giant frog-eyed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to parts of Asia.
Etymology[]
The specific name, keyserlingii, is in honor of Alexander von Keyserling, who was a Baltic German geologist and biologist.[1]
Geographic range[]
T. keyserlingii is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates.[2]
Description[]
The holotype of T. keyserlingii has a total length of 15.8 cm (6.2 in), which includes a tail 5.6 cm (2.2 in) long.[3]
References[]
- ^ 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. (Teratoscincus keyserlingii, p. 140).
- ^ Teratoscincus keyserlingii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ Strauch (1863).
Further reading[]
- Macey, J. Robert; Fong, Jonathan J.; Keuhl, Jennifer V.; Shafiei, Soheila; Ananjeva, Natalia B.; Papenfuss, Theodore J.; Boore, Jeffrey L. (2005). "The complete mitochondrial genome of a gecko and the phylogenetic position of the Middle Eastern Teratoscincus keyserlingii ". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 188–193.
- Strauch A (1863). "Characteristik zweier neuen Eidechsen aus Persien ". Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Pétersbourg 6: 477–480. (Teratoscincus keyserlingii, new species, p. 480). (in German and Latin).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Teratoscincus
- Reptiles of Afghanistan
- Reptiles of the Arabian Peninsula
- Reptiles of Iran
- Reptiles of Pakistan
- Reptiles described in 1863
- Taxa named by Alexander Strauch
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