Teratoscincus bedriagai

Teratoscincus bedriagai
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Teratoscincus
Species:	T. bedriagai
Binomial name
Teratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky, 1900

Teratoscincus bedriagai, also known commonly as Bedriaga's wonder gecko or Bedriaga's plate-tailed gecko, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is native to Central and Western Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, bedriagai, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Jacques von Bedriaga. ^[2]

Geographic range

T. bedriagai is native to the northern and eastern desert basins of the central Plateau of Iran, Sistan, and the desert regions of southern Afghanistan as far east as Kandahar. ^[3] Ecological variables tested for T. bedriagai found that isothermality was more important with 32% contribution. ^[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. bedriagai are desert and shrubland, at altitudes of 100–1,400 m (330–4,590 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

T. bedriagai is oviparous. ^[5]

References

1. Nazarov, R.; Papenfuss, T.; Shafiei Bafti, S. (2017). "Teratoscincus bedriagai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T164715A1070344. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T164715A1070344.en . Retrieved 19 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 bedriagai, p. 21).
3. Hojati, Vida; Kami, Haji Gholi; Faghiri, Afshin; Ahmadzadeh, Faraham (January 2009). "A morphological study of the Bedriaga Plate-tailed Gecko, Teratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky, 1900, in Semnan province of Iran (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Zoology in the Middle East. 46 (1): 113–115. doi:10.1080/09397140.2009.10638337. ISSN   0939-7140. S2CID   84098589.
4. Sanchooli, Nasser (November 2017). "Ecological variables determining the presence of lizards in the Sistan region, Eastern Iran". Ecological Research. 32 (6): 995–999. Bibcode:2017EcoR...32..995S. doi:10.1007/s11284-017-1514-8. ISSN   0912-3814. S2CID   4641272.
5. Teratoscincus bedriagai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

• Nikolsky AM (1900). "[Two new species of Teratoscincus from eastern Persia]". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg4 (2): 145–147. (Teratoscincus bedriagai, new species, pp. 146–147). (Title of article in Russian, text in Latin 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.