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.
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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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Etymology
editThe specific name, bedriagai, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Jacques von Bedriaga.[2]
Geographic range
editT. 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
editThe preferred natural habitats of T. bedriagai are desert and shrubland, at altitudes of 100–1,400 m (330–4,590 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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. 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. S2CID 84098589.
- ^ Sanchooli, Nasser (November 2017). "Ecological variables determining the presence of lizards in the Sistan region, Eastern Iran". Ecological Research. 32 (6): 995–999. Bibcode:2017EcoR...32..995S. doi:10.1007/s11284-017-1514-8. ISSN 0912-3814. S2CID 4641272.
- ^ Teratoscincus bedriagai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
edit- 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.
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