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Przewalski's wonder gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Teratoscincus
Species: T. przewalskii
Binomial name
Teratoscincus przewalskii
Strauch, 1887

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.

Geographic range

T. przewalskii is found in China and Mongolia.

Habitat

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

Reproduction

T. przewalskii is oviparous.

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 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).


Taxon identifiers
Teratoscincus przewalskii


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