Turkmenistan eyelid gecko

Turkmenistan eyelid gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Eublepharinae
Genus: Eublepharis
Species: E. turcmenicus
Binomial name
Eublepharis turcmenicus
Darevsky, 1977

The Turkmenistan eyelid gecko (Eublepharis turcmenicus) is a ground dwelling lizard native to Turkmenistan and northern Iran. Mainly insectivorous, it may also eat smaller vertebrates. Like many other lizards has the ability to shed its tail (autotomy).

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