Teratoscincus roborowskii

Teratoscincus roborowskii is a small species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to northwestern China.

Teratoscincus roborowskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Teratoscincus
Species:
T. roborowskii
Binomial name
Teratoscincus roborowskii
Bedriaga, 1906

Etymology

The specific name, roborowskii, is in honor of Russian explorer Vladimir Ivanovich Roborovski (1856–1910).[2]

Geographic range

T. roborowskii is found in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitats of T. roborowskii are desert and shrubland, at altitudes from 100 m (330 ft) below sea level to 400 m (1,300 ft) above sea level.[1]

Reproduction

T. roborowskii is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Guo X, Shi L, Cai B (2019). "Teratoscincus roborowskii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T114619348A114619350. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T114619348A114619350.en. Downloaded on 17 January 2020.
  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. (Teratoscincus roborowskii, p. 223).
  3. Teratoscincus roborowskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading
  • Bedriaga J von (1906) ("1905"). "Verzeichnis der von der Central-Asiatischen Expedition unter Stabs-Kapitän W. Roborowski in den Jahren 1893–1895 gesammelten Reptilien ". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 10 (3-4): 159–200. (Teratoscincus roborowskii, new species, pp. 159-160). (in German).
  • Leptien, Rolf; Wai Lui (1997). "Ein Gecko von der alten Seidenstraße im Nordwesten Chinas, Teratoscincus roborowskii Von Bedriaga, 1906 ". Sauria 19 (2): 3–6. (in German).
  • Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Teratoscincus roborowskii, p. 118). (in German).



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