Mount Sinai gecko
| Mount Sinai gecko | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. mindiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus mindiae S. Baha El Din, 2005[1] | |
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The Mount Sinai gecko (Hemidactylus mindiae) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Egypt.
Habitat
The natural habitats of H. mindiae are rocky areas, caves, rural gardens, and urban areas.
Conservation status
The Mount Sinai gecko is threatened by habitat loss.
Etymology
The specific epithet, mindiae, commemorates the late Mindy Baha El Din, an environmentalist and herpetologist from Egypt. She was the wife of Sherif Baha El Din, also a herpetologist, who described this lizard as a new species.[2]
References
Further reading
- Baha El Din, Sherif M. 2005. "An overview of Egyptian species of Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from the high mountains of South Sinai". Zoology in the Middle East 34: 11-26. (Hemidactylus mindiae, new species). (in English, plus abstract in German).
External links
- Baha El Din, S. 2005. Hemidactylus mindiae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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