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Small-scaled wonder gecko

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Species of lizard

Small-scaled wonder gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Teratoscincus
Species: T. microlepis
Binomial name
Teratoscincus microlepis
Nikolsky, 1900

The small-scaled wonder gecko (Teratoscincus microlepis) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Western and South Asia.

Geographic range

T. microlepis is found in southeastern Iran, Afghanistan, and southwestern Pakistan (Balochistan province).

Description

T. microlepis may attain a snout-to-vent length of 6.7 cm (2.6 in), with a tail 4.2 cm (1.7 in) long.

Reproduction

T. microlepis is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Teratoscincus microlepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  2. Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Teratoscincus microlepis, p. 32).

Further reading

  • Nikolsky AM (1900). "". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 4 (2): 145–147. (Teratoscincus microlepis, new species, pp. 145–146). (Title of article in Russian, text in Latin and Russian).
Taxon identifiers
Teratoscincus microlepis


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