Stenodactylus slevini

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Stenodactylus slevini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Stenodactylus
Species:
S. slevini
Binomial name
Stenodactylus slevini
G. Haas, 1957
Synonyms [2]
  • Stenodactylus slevini
    G. Haas, 1957
  • Stenodactylus arabicus
    G. Haas, 1957
  • Stenodactylus slevini
    Wermuth, 1965
  • Stenodactylus haasi
    Kluge, 1967
  • Stenodactylus slevini
    — Kluge, 1993

Stenodactylus slevini, also known commonly as Slevin's sand gecko or Slevin's short-fingered 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, slevini, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin. [3]

Geographic range

Slevin's sand gecko (Stenodactylus slevini) from United Arab Emirates Slevin's sand gecko (Stenodactylus slevini).jpg
Slevin's sand gecko (Stenodactylus slevini) from United Arab Emirates

S. slevini is found in Bahrain, southern Iraq, southern Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, northwestern Saudi Arabia, western United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. slevini is desert, at altitudes from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft). [1]

Description

Stenodactylus slevini from Red Sea Coast, Saudi Arabia Stenodactylusslevini.jpg
Stenodactylus slevini from Red Sea Coast, Saudi Arabia

A medium-sized species for its genus, S. slevini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.3 cm (2.5 in). [2]

Reproduction

S. slevini is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Soorae P, Amr ZSS, Al Johany AMH, Els J, Anderson S, Papenfuss T, Sindaco R (2012). "Stenodactylus slevini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Stenodactylus slevini at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   9781421401355. (Stenodactylus slevini, p. 245).

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