Species of lizard
The Xinjiang even-fingered gecko or Przewalski's pygmy gecko (Alsophylax przewalskii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, przewalskii, is in honor of Russian explorer and naturalist Nikolai Mikhailovitch Prjevalsky.[2][3]
Geographic range
According to IUCN, A. przewalskii is endemic to western China (Xinjiang and Gansu provinces).[1]The Reptile Database also mentions western Turkestan,[2] overlapping with multiple modern-day jurisdictions.
Habitat
The preferred habitat of A. przewalskii is desert at altitudes of 500–1,400 m (1,600–4,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
A. przewalskii is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Shi, L.; Wang, Y.; Ineich, I. (2019). "Alsophylax przewalskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T178716A126053231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178716A126053231.en. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Alsophylax przewalskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 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. (Alsophylax przewalskii, p. 212).
Further reading
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Alsophylax przewalskii, p. 59). (in German).
- 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 [Seventh Series] 35 (2): 1-72 + ii (index) + one unnumbered plate. (Alsophylax przewalskii, new species, pp. 55–57). (in German).
- Zhao E, Adler K (1993). Herpetology of China. Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 522 pp. ISBN 0-916984-28-1. (Alsophylax przewalskii, pp. 178, 303 + color photograph on p. 21).
