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Turkmenistan eyelid gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Eublepharidae
Genus:	Eublepharis
Species:	E. turcmenicus
Binomial name
Eublepharis turcmenicus Darevsky, 1977

The Turkmenistan eyelid gecko or Turkmenian eyelid gecko (Eublepharis turcmenicus) is a ground-dwelling lizard native to Turkmenistan and northern Iran. It inhabits rocky and stony foothills and slopes at elevations up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above sea level. It is oviparous, typically laying clutches of two eggs. Mainly insectivorous, it may also eat smaller vertebrates. Like many other lizards has the ability to shed its tail (autotomy).

References

1. ^ Natalia Ananjeva; Nikolai Orlov; Theodore Papenfuss; Soheila Shafiei Bafti (2009). "Eublepharis turcmenicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164581A5910155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164581A5910155.en.
2. Eublepharis turcmenicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 August 2017.

• Kaverkin, Y and N. L. Orlov. (1995) Experience of captive breeding of Eublepharis turcmenicus Darevsky Russian Journal of Herpetology.

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