Bunopus
| Bunopus | |
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| Bunopus crassicauda, in Iran | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Bunopus Blanford, 1874 |
| Species | |
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Bunopus is a genus of small geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to the Middle East.
Species
Three species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Bunopus blanfordii Strauch, 1887 – Blanford's ground gecko[2]
- Bunopus crassicauda Nikolsky, 1907 – thickhead rock gecko
- Bunopus tuberculatus Blanford, 1874 – Baluch rock gecko
The species formerly known as Bunopus spatalurus, the spacious rock gecko, has been assigned to the genus Trachydactylus as Trachydactylus spatalurus.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, blanfordii, is in honor of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford.[4]
References
- ↑ "Bunopus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society, Vol. 31 (ISSN 0553-9587)
- ↑ "Trachydactylus spatalurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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. (Bunopus blanfordii, p. 27).
External links
- Werner YL (1987). "Gekkonid Lizards from Five Quarters Meet in Israel". Bull. Philadelphia Herp. Soc. 31.
Further reading
- Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of new Lizards from Persia and Baluchistán". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 13: 453-455. (Bunopus, new genus, p. 454; B. tuberculatus, new species, p. 454). (in English and Latin).
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