Crossobamon eversmanni explained

Crossobamon eversmanni, also known commonly as the comb-toed gecko, is a species of Asian gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

Etymology

The specific name, eversmanni, is in honor of Russian-German entomologist Alexander Eduard Friedrich Eversmann.^[1]

Geographic range

C. eversmanni is found in Iran, Pakistan, and several other countries of Central Asia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. eversmanni is sandy areas of desert, grassland, and shrubland, at altitudes of .

Behavior

C. eversmanni is terrestrial, nocturnal, and lives in burrows.

Reproduction

C. eversmanni is oviparous. A sexually mature female may lay 2–3 clutches per year, with 1–2 eggs in each clutch.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

• Crossobamon eversmanni eversmanni
• Crossobamon eversmanni lumsdenii

Nota bene

A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Crossobamon.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Stenodactylus lumsdenii, new species, p. 479).
• Wiegmann AFA (1834). Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense pervenerunt, Pars prima, saurorum species amplectens. Adiecto systematis saurorum prodromo, additisque multis in hunc amphibiorum ordinem observationibus. Berlin: C.G. Lüderitz. vi + 54 pp. + Plates I-X. (Gymnodactylus eversmanni, new species, p. 19). (in Latin).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]