Crossobamon eversmanni

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Crossobamon eversmanni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Crossobamon
Species:
C. eversmanni
Binomial name
Crossobamon eversmanni
(Wiegmann, 1834)
Synonyms [2]
  • Gymnodactylus eversmanni
    Wiegmann, 1834
  • Crossobamon atropunctatus
    Lichtenstein & von Martens, 1856
  • Gymnodactylus atropunctatus
    Boulenger, 1885
  • Stenodactylus lumsdenii
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Stenodactylus maynardi
    M.A. Smith, 1933
  • Crossobamon eversmanni
    Wermuth, 1965

Crossobamon eversmanni, also known commonly as the comb-toed gecko, is a species of Asian gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

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Etymology

The specific name, eversmanni, is in honor of Russian-German entomologist Alexander Eduard Friedrich Eversmann. [3]

Geographic range

C. eversmanni is found in Iran, Pakistan, and several other countries of Central Asia. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. eversmanni is sandy areas of desert, grassland, and shrubland, at altitudes of 550–1,463 m (1,804–4,800 ft). [1]

Behavior

C. eversmanni is terrestrial, nocturnal, and lives in burrows. [1]

Reproduction

C. eversmanni is oviparous. [2] A sexually mature female may lay 2–3 clutches per year, with 1–2 eggs in each clutch. [1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. [2]

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Crossobamon.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Papenfuss T, Shafiei Bafti S, Orlov NL, Nazarov R, Sattorov T (2021). "Crossobamon eversmanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164755A1073135.en. Accessed on 08 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Crossobamon eversmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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).

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