Alsophylax
| Alsophylax | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Alsophylax Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
| Species | |
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Alsophylax is a genus of small species of geckos, endemic to Central Asia, commonly known as straight-fingered geckos. The snout-vent length of these geckos is normally no more than 4 cm (1.6 in). Little is known of their ecology or reproductive habits.
Species
The following eight species are recognized.[1][2]
- Alsophylax boehmei Szczerbak, 1991 - Böhme's mountain gecko
- Alsophylax laevis Nikolsky, 1907 - southern straight-fingered gecko
- Alsophylax loricatus Strauch, 1887 - Caspian even-fingered gecko
- Alsophylax pipiens (Pallas, 1827) - Caspian straight-fingered gecko
- Alsophylax przewalskii Strauch, 1887 - Xinjiang even-fingered gecko
- Alsophylax szczerbaki Golubev & Sattarov, 1979
- Alsophylax tadjikiensis Golubev, 1979 - Tajikistan even-fingered gecko
- Alsophylax tokobajevi Yeriomtschenko & Szczerbak, 1984 - Kirghizia even-fingered gecko
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Alsophylax.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Alsophylax, p. 19).
- Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices.
(Alsophylax, p. 90). (in Latin).
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