The Xinjiang even-fingered gecko or Przewalski's pygmy gecko (Alsophylax przewalskii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, przewalskii, is in honor of Russian explorer and naturalist Nikolai Mikhailovitch Prjevalsky.
Geographic range
According to IUCN, A. przewalskii is endemic to western China (Xinjiang and Gansu provinces).The Reptile Database also mentions western Turkestan, overlapping with multiple modern-day jurisdictions.
Habitat
The preferred habitat of A. przewalskii is desert at altitudes of .
Reproduction
A. przewalskii is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28âÂÂ153. (Alsophylax przewalskii, p. 59). (in German).
- Strauch A (1887). "Bemerkungen über die Geckoniden-Sammlung im zoologischen Museum der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg ". Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, Septième Série [Seventh Series] 35 (2): 1-72 + ii (index) + one unnumbered plate. (Alsophylax przewalskii, new species, pp. 55âÂÂ57). (in German).
- Zhao E, Adler K (1993). Herpetology of China. Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 522 pp. . (Alsophylax przewalskii, pp. 178, 303 + color photograph on p. 21).