Crossobamon
Template:Short description Template:Italic title Template:Automatic taxobox Crossobamon is a genus of lizards of the gecko family Gekkonidae.
Species
The genus Crossobamon contains two species:
- Crossobamon eversmanni (Wiegmann, 1834)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Crossobamon orientalis (Blanford, 1876)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The latter species is poorly described, and was formerly considered a member of the genus Stenodactylus.
Etymology
The genus name: Gr. κροσσοι krossoi "tassels, fringe"; βαινω bainō "to walk".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The specific name, eversmanni, is in honor of German-born Russian biologist Alexander Eduard Friedrich Eversmann.[1]
Geographic range
Geckos of the genus Crossobamon live in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, and Central Asia.
Description
Of average size for geckos, about Script error: No such module "convert". long, the two species are similar in appearance.
References
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Crossobamon eversmanni, p. 86).
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