Cyrtopodion scabrum

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Rough-tailed Gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species: C. scabrum
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion scabrum
(Heyden, 1827)
Synonyms

Cyrtodactylus scaber
Gymnodactylus scaber
Stenodactylus scaber

Rough-tailed Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum is a species of gecko.

[edit] Distribution

Turkey, Egypt [Siwa Oasis: HR 31: 254], Sinai/Tor, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, India, Pakistan, Jordan, Afghanistan,Israel, USA (introduced to Texas)

[edit] References

  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
  • Heyden, C. H. G. von. 1827 Reptilien. In Rüppell, E. Atlas zu Reise im nördlichen Afrika. l. Zoologie. H. L. Brönner, Frankfurt a. M., pp. 1-24
  • Rösler, H. 2000 Die postanale Beschuppung bei Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 und Cyrtopodion Fitzinger 1843 - funktionelle und taxonomische Aspekte (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 2: 154-207

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