Biology:Tenuidactylus bogdanovi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Tenuidactylus bogdanovi
A Thin-Toed Gecko Tenuidactylus bogdanovi Nazarov et Poyarkov closeup.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Tenuidactylus
Species:
T. bogdanovi
Binomial name
Tenuidactylus bogdanovi
Nazarov & Poyarkov, 2013

Tenuidactylus bogdanovi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Central Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, bogdanovi, is in honor of Soviet herpetologist Oleg Pavlovich Bogdanov.[1]

Geographic range

T. bogdanovi occurs naturally in Uzbekistan and southern Tajikistan.[1] An introduced population of this species is known in South Ukraine , in the city of Odesa.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. bogdanovi is desert, at altitudes up to 700 m (2,300 ft). It has also been found inside buildings.[3]

Reproduction

T. bogdanovi is oviparous. Clutch size is one or two eggs.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tenuidactylus bogdanovi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  2. Krasylenko, Y.A.; Kukushkin, O.V. (2017). "An update of thin-toed gecko Tenuidactylus bogdanovi (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) population status in Odessa City, Ukraine". Zbìrnik Prac' Zoologìčnogo Muzeû (Kiïv) 48: 3–12.  (in English).
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 18 November 2021

Further reading

  • Chirikova MA, Amirekul KA (2021). "A new record of the Bogdanov's thin-toed gecko, Tenuidactylus bogdanovi (Sauria, Gekkonidae), in South Kazakhstan". Current Studies in Herpetology 21 (2): 151–154. (in Russian, with an sbstract in English).
  • Nazarov RA, Poyarkov NA (2013). "[Taxonomic revision of genus Tenuidactylus Szczerbak & Golubev, 1984 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with description of new species from Central Asia]". [Zoological Journal ] 92 (11): 1312–1332. (Tenuidactylus bogdanovi, new species). (in Russian).


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