Psomi is a Greek
islet
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close to the
island
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of
Kastellorizo
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo (; el, Καστελλόριζο, Kastellórizo), officially Megisti ( ''Megísti''), is a Greece, Greek island and Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean ...
. Its area is 0.0035 km
2, and according to the 2011 Greek population census, it didn't have any residents.
Fauna
Psomi is the only place in
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
where the lizard ''
Anatololacerta finikensis'' has been found.
Kotschy's gecko was also discovered in the island.
References
Landforms of Rhodes (regional unit)
Islands of the South Aegean
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