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Psomi is a Greek
islet An islet is a very small, often unnamed island. Most definitions are not precise, but some suggest that an islet has little or no vegetation and cannot support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/or hard coral; may be permanent ...
close to the
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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 km2, 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 {{SouthAegean-geo-stub