Missone's spider gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Rhinogekko
Species:
R. misonnei
Binomial name
Rhinogekko misonnei
de Witte, 1973
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhinogekko misonnei
    de Witte, 1973
  • Agamura missonei
    — Das, 1996
  • Rhinogecko misonnei
    — S. Anderson, 1999
  • Agamura misonnei
    — Rösler, 2000
  • Rhinogecko misonnei
    — Khan, 2003
  • Rhinogekko misonnei
    — Šmíd et al., 2014

Missone's spider gecko (Rhinogekko misonnei),[1][2] also known commonly as de Witte's gecko, de Witte's spider gecko, Misonne's swollen-nose gecko, and Witte's gecko,[3] is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Western Asia.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, misonnei, is in honor of Xavier Misonne who is a Belgian anthropologist and zoologist.[3]

Geographic range

R. misonnei is found in Iran and Pakistan.[2] The IUCN Redlist considers its presence in Pakistan uncertain.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. misonnei is desert.[1]

Reproduction

R. misonnei is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Papenfuss, T.; Sharifi, M. (2021). "Rhinogekko misonnei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164743A149348239. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164743A149348239.en. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Rhinogekko misonnei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agamura misonnei, p. 179).

Further reading

  • Akbarpour M, Shafiei S (2015). "Range extension of Misonne's swollen-nose gecko, Rhinogecko misonnei de Witte, 1973 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Iran". Iranian Journal of Animal Bioststematics 11 (2): 179–182.
  • de Witte G-F (1973). "Description d'un Gekkonidae nouveau de l'Iran (Reptilia, Sauria)". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 49 (1): 1–6. (Rhinogekko misonnei, new species). (in French).
  • Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7. (Rhinogecko misonnei, p. 126).
  • Šmíd J, Moravec J, Kodym P, Kratochvíl L, Yousefkhani SSH, Rastegar-Pouyani E, Frynta D (2014). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran". Zootaxa 3855 (1): 001–097. (Rhinogekko misonnei, p. 25).


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