Przewalski's wonder gecko

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

Przewalski's wonder gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Teratoscincus
Species:
T. przewalskii
Binomial name
Teratoscincus przewalskii
Strauch, 1887

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. 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).
  3. Teratoscincus przewalskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading
  • 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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