Biology:Teratoscincus bedriagai
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Teratoscincus |
| Species: | T. bedriagai
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| Teratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky, 1900
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Teratoscincus bedriagai, also known commonly as Bedraiga's wonder gecko or Bedriaga's plate-tailed gecko, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is native to Central and Western Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, bedriagai, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Jacques von Bedriaga.[2]
Geographic range
T. bedriagai is native to the northern and eastern desert basins of the central Plateau of Iran, Sistan, and the desert regions of southern Afghanistan as far east as Kandahar.[3] Ecological variables tested for T. bedriagai found that isothermality was more important with 32% contribution.[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of T. bedriagai are desert and shrubland, at altitudes of 100–1,400 m (330–4,590 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nazarov, R.; Papenfuss, T.; Shafiei Bafti, S. (2017). "Teratoscincus bedriagai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T164715A1070344. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T164715A1070344.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164715/1070344. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 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. (Teratoscincus bedriagai, p. 21).
- ↑ Hojati, Vida; Kami, Haji Gholi; Faghiri, Afshin; Ahmadzadeh, Faraham (January 2009). "A morphological study of the Bedriaga Plate-tailed Gecko, Teratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky, 1900, in Semnan province of Iran (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Zoology in the Middle East 46 (1): 113–115. doi:10.1080/09397140.2009.10638337. ISSN 0939-7140.
- ↑ Sanchooli, Nasser (November 2017). "Ecological variables determining the presence of lizards in the Sistan region, Eastern Iran". Ecological Research 32 (6): 995–999. doi:10.1007/s11284-017-1514-8. ISSN 0912-3814.
- ↑ Teratoscincus bedriagai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Nikolsky AM (1900). "[Two new species of Teratoscincus from eastern Persia]". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 4 (2): 145–147. (Teratoscincus bedriagai, new species, pp. 146–147). (Title of article in Russian, text in Latin and Russian).
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2110292 entry
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