Biology:Microgecko persicus
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Microgecko |
| Species: | M. persicus
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Microgecko persicus, known as the Persia sand gecko or Persian dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Iran, Iraq and Pakistan .[4][5][3] (As of January 2019) its conservation status has not been assessed on the IUCN Red List.[6]
Taxonomy
The Persia sand gecko was first formally described in 1903 by Alexander Nikolsky as Alsophylax persicus. It has since been placed in several genera, including Cyrtodactylus, Bunopus, and Tropiocolotes.[3]
There are three accepted subspecies:
- Microgecko persicus bakhtiari Minton, Anderson, & Anderson, 1970
- Microgecko persicus euphorbiacola Minton, Anderson, & Anderson, 1970
- Microgecko persicus persicus (Nikolsky, 1903)
The common names refers to its distribution in Persia (now Iran).[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Microgecko persicus (Nikolsky, 1903)" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2445707.
- ↑ Rajabizadeh, Mehdi; Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah; Faizi, Hiva; Bostanchi, Hamid (2010). "New insights in the taxonomy of the Persian Sand Gecko, Tropiocolotes persicus (Nikolsky, 1903)". Zoology in the Middle East 49: 55–62. doi:10.1080/09397140.2010.10638390.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Microgecko persicus". www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Microgecko&species=persicus. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Microgecko persicus". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=818920#null. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Taxonomy Browser". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1303479&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ IUCN Red List.
Wikidata ☰ Q3540771 entry
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