''Cyrtopodion agamuroides'', also known by the common names Nikolsky's spider gecko, Nikolsky's Iranian gecko, or the Makran spider gecko, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of gecko, a
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family
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Gekkonidae. The species is
endemic
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to eastern
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
and
Pakistan
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.
References
Further reading
*Anderson, Steven C. (1963). "Amphibians and Reptiles from Iran". ''Proc. California Acad. Sci., Fourth Series'' 31 (16): 417-498. (''Cyrtodactylus agamuroides'', pp. 438-439, Figure 9).
*
Bauer, Aaron M.; Masroor, Rafaqat; Titus-McQuillan, James; Heinicke, Matthew P.; Daza, Juan D; Jackman, Todd R. (2013). "A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications". ''Zootaxa'' 3599 (4): 301-324.
*
Nikolsky AM (1900). "''Reptiles, amphibies''
ic''et poissons, recueillis pendant le voyage de Mr. N. A. Zaroudny en 1898 dans la Perse'' ". ''Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg'' 24 (4): 376-417 + Plate XX. (''Gymnodactylus agamuroides'', new species, pp. 384-385). (Text in Russian, diagnoses and localities in Latin, title in French and Russian).
Cyrtopodion
Reptiles described in 1900
Taxa named by Alexander Nikolsky
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