Przewalski's wonder gecko

Przewalski's wonder gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Teratoscincus
Species:	T. przewalskii
Binomial name
	Teratoscincus przewalskii; Strauch, 1887

Last updated October 05, 2025

Przewalski's wonder gecko (Teratoscincus przewalskii) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to East Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, przewalskii, is in honor of Russian explorer and naturalist Nikolai Mikhailovitch Prjevalsky.^[2]

Geographic range

T. przewalskii is found in China and Mongolia.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of T. przewalskii are desert and grassland, at altitudes of 500–2,000 m (1,600–6,600 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

T. przewalskii is oviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 Terbish, K.; Munkhbaatar, M.; Papenfuss, T.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Bi, J.; Shi, L. (2019). "Teratoscincus przewalskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T178359A85250680. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178359A85250680.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
↑ 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 przewalskii, p. 212).
1 2 Teratoscincus przewalskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Rösler H (1995). Geckos der Welt – alle Gattungen. Leipzig: Urania Verlag. 256 pp. (Teratoscincus przewalskii, p. 92). (in German).
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, VIIe Série [= Seventh Series] 35 (2): 1-72. (Teratoscincus przewalskii, new species, pp. 71–72). (in German).
Zhao E, Adler K (1993). Herpetology of China. Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 522 pp. ISBN 0-916984-28-1. (Teratoscincus przewalskii, pp. 185, 304).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 Terbish, K.; Munkhbaatar, M.; Papenfuss, T.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Bi, J.; Shi, L. (2019). "Teratoscincus przewalskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T178359A85250680. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178359A85250680.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[2] 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 przewalskii, p. 212).

[RDB-3] 1 2 Teratoscincus przewalskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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