Mediodactylus russowii

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Mediodactylus russowii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Mediodactylus
Species:
M. russowii
Binomial name
Mediodactylus russowii
(Strauch, 1887)
Synonyms [2]

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.

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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]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 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).

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