Xinjiang even-fingered gecko explained
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.
Etymology
The specific name, przewalskii, is in honor of Russian explorer and naturalist Nikolai Mikhailovitch Prjevalsky.[1]
Geographic range
According to IUCN, A. przewalskii is endemic to western China (Xinjiang and Gansu provinces).The Reptile Database also mentions western Turkestan, overlapping with multiple modern-day jurisdictions.
Habitat
The preferred habitat of A. przewalskii is desert at altitudes of 500–.
Reproduction
A. przewalskii is oviparous.
Further reading
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Alsophylax przewalskii, p. 59). (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, Septième Série [Seventh Series] 35 (2): 1-72 + ii (index) + one unnumbered plate. (Alsophylax przewalskii, new species, pp. 55–57). (in German).
- Zhao E, Adler K (1993). Herpetology of China. Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 522 pp. . (Alsophylax przewalskii, pp. 178, 303 + color photograph on p. 21).
Notes and References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Alsophylax przewalskii, p. 212).
