Mediodactylus russowii

Mediodactylus russowii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Mediodactylus
Species:	M. russowii
Binomial name
Mediodactylus russowii (Strauch, 1887)
Synonyms [2]
Gymnodactylus russowii Strauch, 1887 Hemidactylus russowi — Boettger, 1893 Cyrtodactylus russovi Underwood, 1954 ( ex errore ) Tenuidactylus russowi — Szczerbak & Golubev, 1984 Cyrtopodion russowi — Böhme, 1985 Mediodactylus russowii — Kluge, 1993

Mediodactylus russowii, also known commonly as the grey thin-toed gecko, Russow's bent-toed gecko, and the Transcaspian bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, russowii, is in honor of Estonian naturalist Valerian von Russow (1842–1879). ^[3]

Geographic range

M. russowii is found from Russia to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, northeastern Iran, northwestern China, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of M. russowii are desert and shrubland, at altitudes from 45 m (148 ft) below sea level to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) above sea level. ^[1]

Reproduction

M. russowii is oviparous. ^[2]

Subspecies

The following two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. ^[2]

• Mediodactylus russowii russowii(Strauch, 1887)
• Mediodactylus russowii zarudnyi (Nikolsky, 1900)

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

Gallery

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References

1. Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Nazarov, R.; Shafiei Bafti, S.; Papenfuss, T.; Shi, L. (2019). "Mediodactylus russowii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T164589A49208316. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T164589A49208316.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Mediodactylus russowii 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. (Cyrtopodion russowii, p. 230).

Further reading

• Nikolsky AM (1900). "Reptiles, amphibies [sic] et poissons, recueillis pendant le voyage de Mr. N. A. Zaroudny en 1898 dans la Perse ". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg24 (4): 376-417 + Plate XX. (Gymnodactylus zarudnyi, new species, p. 385-387 + Plate XX, middle figure). (Text in Russian, diagnoses and localities in Latin, title in French and Russian).
• Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN   978-88-89504-14-7. (Cyrtopodion russowii).
• Strauch A (1887). "Bemerkungen über die Geckoniden-Sammlung im zoologischen Museum der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg ". Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, Septième Série35 (2): 1-72 + i-ii (index) + one plate. (Gymnodactylus russowii, new species, pp. 49–51 + plate figures 10–12). (in German).