Bunopus blanfordii

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Bunopus blanfordii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Bunopus
Species:
B. blanfordii
Binomial name
Bunopus blanfordii
Strauch, 1887
Synonyms [1]
  • Bunopus blanfordii
    Strauch, 1887
  • Alsophylax blanfordii
    Parker, 1931
  • Bunopus blanfordii
    Y. Werner, 1991

Bunopus blanfordii, also known commonly as Blanford's ground gecko and Blanford's rock gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Western Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, blanfordii, is in honor of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford. [2]

Geographic range

B. blanfordii is found in Israel and Jordan. [1]

Reproduction

B. blanfordii is oviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Species Bunopus blanfordii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bunopus blanfordii, p. 27).

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