Microgecko helenae
Appearance
Microgecko helenae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Microgecko |
Species: | M. helenae
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Binomial name | |
Microgecko helenae Nikolsky, 1907
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Microgecko helenae, also known commonly as the banded dwarf gecko, Helen's banded dwarf gecko, Helen's tiny gecko, the Khuristan dwarf gecko, or the Khuzestan dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to western Iran.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, helenae, is in honor of Helena Nikolsky.[3]
References
- ^ Ananjeva, Natalia; Theodore Papenfuss; Soheila Shafiei Bafti; Mozafar Sharifi (2009). "Microgecko helenae ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164568A5908520. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164568A5908520.en. Downloaded on 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b Microgecko helenae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Tropiocolotes helenae, p. 119).
Further reading
- "Nikolski AM" (1907) ("1905"). "Reptiles et Amphibies, recueillis par Mr. N. A. Zaroudny en Perse en 1903–1904 ". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 10 (3-4): 260-301 + Plate I. (Microgecko helenae, new species, pp. 265-268). (article in Latin and Russian, article title in French in table of contents of journal).