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Eublepharis angramainyu

Eublepharis angramainyu, also known as the Iranian fat-tailed gecko, Iranian eyelid gecko or Iraqi eyelid gecko, is a nocturnal ground-dwelling lizard native to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Its diet is insectivorous but may eat smaller vertebrates. Like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail (autotomy).

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Eublepharis angramainyu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Eublepharidae
Genus: Eublepharis
Species:
E. angramainyu
Binomial name
Eublepharis angramainyu
Anderson & Leviton, 1966
Range in Iran.2

Eublepharis angramainyu, also known as the Iranian fat-tailed gecko, Iranian eyelid gecko or Iraqi eyelid gecko, is a nocturnal ground-dwelling lizard native to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria.3 Its diet is insectivorous but may eat smaller vertebrates. Like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail (autotomy).

The Iraqi eyelid gecko has a continuous light vertebral stripe extending from the occiput to the base of the tail, bordered on each side by broken black stripes.456

Like most geckos in the Eublpharis genus they have a fatter tail with spots.

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References

  1. Varol Tok, Ishmail Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Wolfgang Böhme, Pierre-André Crochet, Roberto Sindaco, Uğur Kaya, Steven Anderson, Ferdi Akarsu (2009). "Eublepharis angramainyu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009 e.T164608A5911945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164608A5911945.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. irandeserts.com
  3. "Iranian Fat-tailed Gecko". Smithsonian's National Zoo. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. Moradi, Naeim; Shafiei, Soheila (November 2011). "New record of the Western leopard gecko, Eublepharis angramainyu Anderson & Leviton, 1966 (Sauria: Eublepharidae) from southeastern Iran" (PDF). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation. 5 (4): 88–91.
  5. TOSUNOGLU, Murât; AYAZ, Dincer; OLGUN, Kurtuluç; AFSAR, Murat (October 15, 2004). "Morphology of Eublepharis angramainyu ANDERSON & LEVITON, 1966 in Turkey" (PDF). Herpetozoa. 1: 61–62.
  6. Anderson, Steven C.; Leviton, Alan E. (January 20, 1966). "A NEW SPECIES OF EUBLEPHARIS FROM SOUTHWESTERN IRAN (REPTILIA: GEKKONIDAE)" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences.
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