Mediodactylus russowii

Mediodactylus russowii, also known commonly as the grey thin-toed gecko, Russow's bent-toed gecko, and the Transcaspian bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.

Mediodactylus russowii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Mediodactylus
Species:	M. russowii
Binomial name
Mediodactylus russowii (Strauch, 1887)
Synonyms[2]
Gymnodactylus russowii Strauch, 1887 Hemidactylus russowi — Boettger, 1893 Cyrtodactylus russovi Underwood, 1954 (ex errore) Tenuidactylus russowi — Szczerbak & Golubev, 1984 Cyrtopodion russowi — Böhme, 1985 Mediodactylus russowii — Kluge, 1993

Etymology

The specific name, russowii, is in honor of Estonian naturalist Valerian von Russow (1842–1879).^[3]

Geographic range

M. russowii is found from Russia to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, northeastern Iran, northwestern China, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of M. russowii are desert and shrubland, at altitudes from 45 m (148 ft) below sea level to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) above sea level.^[1]

Reproduction

M. russowii is oviparous.^[2]

Subspecies

The following two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

• Mediodactylus russowii russowii (Strauch, 1887)
• Mediodactylus russowii zarudnyi (Nikolsky, 1900)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Mediodactylus.

Gallery

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