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Mount Sinai gecko

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 Hemidactylus mindiae are rocky areas and caves, at elevations of , but it is also found in disturbed habitats such as rural gardens, and urban areas.

Reproduction

Hemidactylus mindiae is oviparous.

Conservation status

The Mount Sinai gecko is threatened by habitat loss due to quarrying and overgrazing of livestock.

Etymology

The specific epithet, mindiae, commemorates the late Mindy Baha El Din, an environmentalist and herpetologist from Egypt. She was the wife of , also a herpetologist, who described this lizard as a new species.

References

Further reading

  • (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).
  • 580 pp.