| Heyden's gecko | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. robustus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus robustus Heyden, 1827 | |
Heyden's gecko (Hemidactylus robustus) is a species of geckos, family Gekkonidae, found in northeastern Africa and in the Middle East.
Distribution
It may be found in Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan. qatar
Conservation status
In Egypt, it is expected to lose much of its currently suitable distribution in the future due to anthropogenic climate change.
Original publication
- Heyden, 1827 : Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. I. Zoologie. Reptilien. H. L. Brönner, p. 1-24 (integrated text).
References
- "Hemidactylus robustus | IUCN RedList". iucnredlist.org.
- ^ Hemidactylus robustus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 July 2018.
- Baha el Din, Sherif (2006). A Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-9774249792.
- ^ El-Gabbas, Ahmed; Baha El Din, Sherif; Zalat, Samy; Gilbert, Francis (2016). "Conserving Egypt's reptiles under climate change". Journal of Arid Environments. 127: 211–221. Bibcode:2016JArEn.127..211E. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.12.007.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Hemidactylus robustus | |
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Hemidactylus
- Reptiles described in 1827
- Taxa named by Carl von Heyden
- Reptiles of the Middle East
- Reptiles of North Africa
- Vertebrates of Egypt
- Vertebrates of Eritrea
- Reptiles of Ethiopia
- Reptiles of Iran
- Reptiles of Iraq
- Reptiles of Kenya
- Reptiles of the Arabian Peninsula
- Reptiles of Pakistan
- Reptiles of Somalia
- Vertebrates of Sudan