The Saudi rock gecko (Pristurus popovi) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula.
| Saudi rock gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Pristurus |
| Species: | P. popovi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pristurus popovi Arnold, 1982
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Etymology
editThe specific name, popovi, is in honor of Russian-British entomologist George Basil Popov.[2]
Geographic range
editP. popovi is found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred habitats of P. popovi are rocky areas and shrubland at altitudes of 1,700–3,600 m (5,600–11,800 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Sindaco, R.; Busais, S.M.S. (2012). "Pristurus popovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199592A2605442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199592A2605442.en. 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. (Pristurus popovi, p. 210).
- ^ a b Pristurus popovi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Arnold EN (1982). "Reptiles of Saudi Arabia. A new semaphore gecko (Pristurus: Gekkonidae) and a new dwarf snake (Eirenis: Colubridae) from southwestern Arabia". Fauna of Saudi Arabia 4: 468–477. (Pristurus popovi, new species).
- Arnold EN (2009). "Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology". Zootaxa 2060: 1-21.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pristurus popovi, p. 106). (in German).
- 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.
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