Xinjiang even-fingered gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Alsophylax |
Species: | A. przewalskii
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Binomial name | |
Alsophylax przewalskii
Strauch, 1887
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The Xinjiang even-fingered gecko or Przewalski's pygmy gecko (Alsophylax przewalskii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia. [1]
The specific name, przewalskii, is in honor of Russian explorer and naturalist Nikolai Mikhailovitch Prjevalsky. [2] [3]
According to IUCN, A. przewalskii is endemic to western China ( Xinjiang and Gansu provinces). [1]The Reptile Database also mentions western Turkestan, [2] overlapping with multiple modern-day jurisdictions.
The preferred habitat of A. przewalskii is desert at altitudes of 500–1,400 m (1,600–4,600 ft). [1]
A. przewalskii is oviparous. [2]
Xinjiang even-fingered gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Alsophylax |
Species: | A. przewalskii
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Binomial name | |
Alsophylax przewalskii
Strauch, 1887
| |
The Xinjiang even-fingered gecko or Przewalski's pygmy gecko (Alsophylax przewalskii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia. [1]
The specific name, przewalskii, is in honor of Russian explorer and naturalist Nikolai Mikhailovitch Prjevalsky. [2] [3]
According to IUCN, A. przewalskii is endemic to western China ( Xinjiang and Gansu provinces). [1]The Reptile Database also mentions western Turkestan, [2] overlapping with multiple modern-day jurisdictions.
The preferred habitat of A. przewalskii is desert at altitudes of 500–1,400 m (1,600–4,600 ft). [1]
A. przewalskii is oviparous. [2]