Stenodactylus slevini

Stenodactylus slevini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Stenodactylus
Species: S. slevini
Binomial name
Stenodactylus slevini
G. Haas, 1957

Stenodactylus slevini, or Slevin's short-fingered gecko, is a gecko species in the family Gekkonidae.

Etymology

The specific name, slevini, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin.[2]

References

  1. Soorae P, Amr ZSS, Al Johany AMH, Els J, Anderson S, Papenfuss T, Sindaco R (2012). "Stenodactylus slevini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 9781421401355. (Stenodactylus slevini, p. 245).

Further reading

  • Haas G (1957). "Some Amphibians and Reptiles from Arabia". Proc. California Acad. Sci., Fourth Series 29: 47-86. (Stenodactylus slevini, new species, pp. 54–56, Figure 3).


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