| 词条 | Mount Sinai gecko |
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| name = Mount Sinai gecko | image = Hemidactylus mindiae at saint Catherine photo by Hatem Moushir.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | genus = Hemidactylus | species = mindiae | authority = S. Baha El Din, 2005[1] | range_map = Hemidactylus mindiae distribution.png | synonyms = }} The Mount Sinai gecko (Hemidactylus mindiae) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Egypt. HabitatThe natural habitats of H. mindiae are rocky areas, caves, rural gardens, and urban areas. Conservation statusThe Mount Sinai gecko is threatened by habitat loss. EtymologyThe 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] References1. ^"Hemidactylus mindiae ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov. 2. ^Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011.The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Hemidactylus mindiae, p. 178). Further reading
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