Haemodracon

Haemodracon
	Haemodracon riebeckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Haemodracon; Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997

Haemodracon is a small genus of rare geckos from Socotra archipelago.

It contains the following species:[1]

Haemodracon riebeckii (W. Peters, 1882) — type species
Haemodracon trachyrhinus (Boulenger, 1899)

The genus name is related to Dracaena cinnabari — the most famous tree of Socotra. It gives a red resin known as dragon's blood. The word Haemodracon is derived from the Latinized Greek haema-, meaning "blood", and dracon meaning "dragon".[1]

References

Bauer A.M.; Good D.A.; Branch W.R. (1997). "The taxonomy of the southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus " and the description of five new genera". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 49 (14): 447–497. ISSN 0068-547X.

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[Bauer_1997-1] Bauer A.M.; Good D.A.; Branch W.R. (1997). "The taxonomy of the southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus " and the description of five new genera". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 49 (14): 447–497. ISSN 0068-547X.