Mediodactylus russowii, also known commonly as the grey thin-toed gecko, Russow's bent-toed gecko, and the Transcaspian bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Mediodactylus |
| Species: | M. russowii
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| Mediodactylus russowii (Strauch, 1887)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, russowii, is in honor of Estonian naturalist Valerian von Russow (1842–1879).[3]
Geographic range
editM. russowii is found from Russia to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, northeastern Iran, northwestern China, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of M. russowii are desert and shrubland, at altitudes from 45 m (148 ft) below sea level to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) above sea level.[1]
Reproduction
editSubspecies
editThe following two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Mediodactylus russowii russowii (Strauch, 1887)
- Mediodactylus russowii zarudnyi (Nikolsky, 1900)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Mediodactylus.
Gallery
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References
edit- ^ a b Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Nazarov, R.; Shafiei Bafti, S.; Papenfuss, T.; Shi, L. (2019). "Mediodactylus russowii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T164589A49208316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T164589A49208316.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Mediodactylus russowii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Cyrtopodion russowii, p. 230).
Further reading
edit- Nikolsky AM (1900). "Reptiles, amphibies [sic] et poissons, recueillis pendant le voyage de Mr. N. A. Zaroudny en 1898 dans la Perse ". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 24 (4): 376-417 + Plate XX. (Gymnodactylus zarudnyi, new species, p. 385-387 + Plate XX, middle figure). (Text in Russian, diagnoses and localities in Latin, title in French 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. (Cyrtopodion russowii).
- Strauch A (1887). "Bemerkungen über die Geckoniden-Sammlung im zoologischen Museum der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg ". Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, Septième Série 35 (2): 1-72 + i-ii (index) + one plate. (Gymnodactylus russowii, new species, pp. 49–51 + plate figures 10–12). (in German).