Stenodactylus doriae

Stenodactylus doriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Stenodactylus
Species: S. doriae
Binomial name
Stenodactylus doriae
(Blanford, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Ceramodactylus doriae
    Blanford, 1874
  • Stenodactylus doriae
    — J. Anderson, 1896[1]

Stenodactylus doriae, commonly known as the Middle Eastern short-fingered gecko or Doria's comb-fingered gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

Etymology

The specific name, doriae, is in honor of Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.[2]

Geographic range

S. doriae occurs in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Jordan, and Kuwait.[1]

Description

This gecko reaches about 8.3 centimetres (3.3 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL).[1] Its eyes are bordered by large scales to protect them from the sand during burrowing.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Stenodactylus doriae. The Reptile Database.
  2. ↑ 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. (Stenodactylus doriae, p. 75).
  3. ↑ .arkive.org

Further reading

  • Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of new Lizards from Persia and Baluchistán". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 13: 453-455. (Ceramodactylus doriae, new species, pp. 454–455). (in English and Latin).
  • 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. (Ceramodactylus doriæ, pp. 13–14 + Plate II, figure 4).


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