Sistan angular-toed gecko

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The Sistan angular-toed gecko (Cyrtopodion sistanense) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Iran.

Sistan angular-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species:
C. sistanense
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion sistanense
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyrtopodion turcmenicum
    S. Anderson, 1999
  • Cyrtopodion sistanensis
    Nazarov & Rajabizadeh, 2007
  • Cyrtopodion sistanense
    Bauer et al., 2013

Geographic range edit

C. sistanense is found in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran.[2]

Reproduction edit

C. sistanense is oviparous.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Steven Anderson, Mozafar Sharifi, Theodore Papenfuss.; Soheila Shafiei Bafti (2009). "Cyrtopodion sistanense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164586A5910385. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164586A5910385.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c Cyrtopodion sistanense at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 May 2018.

Further reading edit

  • Nazarov, Roman A.; Rajabizadeh, Mehdi (2007). "A New Species of Angular-Toed Gecko of the Genus Cyrtopodion (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from South-East Iran (Sistan-Baluchistan Province)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 14 (2): 137-144. (Cyrtopodion sistanensis, new species).