Tenuidactylus_fedtschenkoi

Turkestan thin-toed gecko

Turkestan thin-toed gecko

Species of lizard


The Turkestan thin-toed gecko (Tenuidactylus fedtschenkoi), also known commonly as Fedtschenko's bow-fingered gecko and Fedtschenko's grasping gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Central Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, fedtschenkoi, is in honor of Russian naturalist Alexei Pavlovich Fedtschenko.[3]

Geographic range

T. fedtschenkoi is found in southeastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan, and western Tajikistan.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. fedtschenkoi is vertical surfaces in rocky areas, at altitudes up to 2,300 m (7,500 ft). It has also been found on walls of houses and ruins.[1]

Reproduction

T. fedtschenkoi is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs.[1]


References

  1. Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Nazarov, R.; Sattorov, T.; Shestopal, A.; Litvinchuk, S. (2017). "Tenuidactylus fedtschenkoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T164614A1061732. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T164614A1061732.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 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. (Cyrtopodion fedtschenkoi, p. 88).

Further reading

  • Dujsebayeva TN (1995). "The Microanatomy of Regenerated Bristled Receptors of Two Gecko Species, Cyrtopodion fedtschenkoi and Sphaerodactylus roosevelti (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 2 (1): 58–64.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtopodion fedtschenkoi, p. 69). (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. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7. (Cyrtopodion fedtschenkoi).
  • Strauch A (1887). "Bemerkungen über die Geckoniden-Sammlung im zoologischen Museum der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zur St. Petersburg ". Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, VIIe Série [=Seventh Series] 35 (2): 1–72. (Gymnodactylus fedtschenkoi, new species, pp. 46–47). (in German).




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