Stenodactylus slevini explained

Stenodactylus slevini, also known commonly as Slevin's sand gecko or Slevin's short-fingered gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Western Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, slevini, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin.^[1]

Geographic range

S. slevini is found in Bahrain, southern Iraq, southern Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, northwestern Saudi Arabia, western United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. slevini is desert, at altitudes from sea level to 1000m (3,000feet).

Description

A medium-sized species for its genus, S. slevini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.3cm (02.5inches).^[2]

Reproduction

S. slevini is oviparous.^[2]

Further reading

• Arnold EN (1980). "Reptiles of Saudi Arabia. A review of the lizard genus Stenodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2: 368–404. (Stenodactylus slevini, p. 393).
• Disi AM, Modrý D, Nečas P, Rifai L (2001). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: An Atlas and Field Guide. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 408 pp. .
• Haas G (1957). "Some Amphibians and Reptiles from Arabia". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 29: 47–86. (Stenodactylus slevini, new species, pp. 54–56, Figure 3; S. arabicus, new species, pp. 56–57, Figure 4).
• Rösler H (2008). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannte Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Stenodactylus slevini, p. 115). (in German).
• Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monogrphs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. .

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. www.reptile-database.org.