Heyden's gecko (''Hemidactylus robustus'') is a species of

gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...

s, family Gekkonidae, found in northeastern Africa and in the Middle East.

Distribution

It may be found in Egypt,

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Pakistan.

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
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References

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