Natterer's gecko

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Natterer's gecko
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Tropiocolotes
Species:
T. nattereri
Binomial name
Tropiocolotes nattereri

Natterer's gecko (Tropiocolotes nattereri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to northeastern Africa and Western Asia.

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Geographic range

T. nattereri is found in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. [2]

Etymology

The specific epithet, nattereri, is in honor of Austrian ornithologist Johann Natterer. [2] [3]

Reproduction

T. nattereri is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Baha El Din, S.; Böhme, W.; Disi, A.M.; Mateo, J.A. (2012). "Tropiocolotes nattereri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T198532A2530735. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T198532A2530735.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Tropiocolotes nattereri 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. (Tropiocolotes nattereri, p. 187).

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