Haemodracon

Haemodracon is a small genus of rare geckos from Socotra archipelago.

Haemodracon
Haemodracon riebeckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Haemodracon Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997

It contains the following species:^[1]

• Haemodracon riebeckii (W. Peters, 1882) — type species
• Haemodracon trachyrhinus (Boulenger, 1899)

The genus name is related to Dracaena cinnabari — the most famous tree of Socotra. It gives a red resin known as dragon's blood. The word Haemodracon is derived from the Latinized Greek haema-, meaning "blood", and dracon meaning "dragon".^[1]