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词条 Teratoscincus
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  1. Member species

  2. In captivity

  3. References

  4. Further reading

  5. External links

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| name = Teratoscincus
|image=Teratoscincus keyserlingii.jpg
|image_caption= Persian wonder gecko (Teratoscincus keyserlingii)
| taxon = Teratoscincus
| authority = Strauch, 1863[1]
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Teratoscincus is a genus of geckos commonly referred to as wonder geckos or frog-eyed geckos; it is the only genus within the subfamily Teratoscincinae. Species in the genus Teratoscincus are found from the Arabian Peninsula in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman, west across southern Asia in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, north to Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to Mongolia and China. The genus consists of nine species.

Member species

The genus Teratoscincus contains the following nine species which are recognized as being valid.[2]

  • Teratoscincus bedriagai {{small|Nikolsky, 1900}} - Bedraiga's wonder gecko, Bedriaga's plate-tailed gecko
  • Teratoscincus keyserlingii {{small|Strauch, 1863}} - Persian wonder gecko
  • Teratoscincus mesriensis {{small|Nazarov, Radjabizadeh, Poyarkov, Ananjeva, Melnikov & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2017}}
  • Teratoscincus microlepis {{small|Nikolsky, 1900}} - small-scaled wonder gecko
  • Teratoscincus przewalskii {{small|Strauch, 1887}} - Przewalski's wonder gecko
  • Teratoscincus roborowskii {{small|Bedriaga, 1906}}
  • Teratoscincus rustamowi {{small|Szczerbak, 1979}}
  • Teratoscincus scincus {{small|(Schlegel, 1858)}} - common wonder gecko, frog-eyed gecko
  • Teratoscincus sistanense {{small|Akbarpour, Shafiei, Sehhatisabet & Damadi, 2017}}

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Teratoscincus.

In captivity

T. roborowskii is frequently found in the exotic animal trade. They are suitable for keeping in a desert vivarium.

References

1. ^"Teratoscincus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
2. ^"Teratoscincus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Strauch A (1863). "Characteristik zweier neuen Eidechsen aus Persien ". Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Pétersbourg 6: 477-480. (Teratoscincus, new genus, p. 480; Teratoscincus keyserlingii, new species, p. 480). (in Latin and German).

External links

  • {{EMBL genus|genus=Teratoscincus}}
  • Teratoscincus scincus captive care
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4 : Teratoscincus|Reptiles of Central Asia|Fauna of Pakistan|Taxa named by Alexander Strauch

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