Teratoscincus sistanense is a small species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Iran.
Teratoscincus sistanense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
Genus: | Teratoscincus |
Species: | T. sistanense
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Binomial name | |
Teratoscincus sistanense |
Geographic range
editT. sistanense is found in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran.[1]
Habitat
editThe preferred habitat of T. sistanensis is a hot and dry climate, with flat sandy soil interspersed with patches of gravel or loamy-silty soil, and sparse vegetation mainly of the genus Tamarix.[1]
Description
editT. sistanense has 145-165 scales around the body at midbody, the most of any species in its genus. The first upper labial does not form part of the margin of the nostril.[1]
Behavior
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- Akbarpour, Morteza; Shafiei, Soheila; Sehhatisabet, Mohammad Ebrahim; Damadi, Ehsan (2017). "A new species of frog-eyed gecko, genus Teratoscincus Strauch, 1863 (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), from southeastern Iran". Zoology in the Middle East 63 (4): 296–302. (Teratoscincus sistanense, new species).