Iraqi eyelid gecko

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Iraqi Eyelid Gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Eublepharis
Species: E. angramainyu
Binomial name
Eublepharis angramainyu
Anderson & Leviton, 1966

The Iraqi eyelid gecko is a ground dwelling lizard native to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Its diet is insectivorous but may eat smaller vertebrates, like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail (autotomy).

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