Microgecko helenae

Microgecko helenae, also known commonly as the banded dwarf gecko, Helen's banded dwarf gecko, Helen's tiny gecko, the Khuristan dwarf gecko, or the Khuzestan dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to western Iran.[2]

Microgecko helenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Microgecko
Species:
M. helenae
Binomial name
Microgecko helenae
Nikolsky, 1907
Synonyms[2]
  • Microgecko helenae
    Nikolsky, 1907
  • Tropiocolotes helenae
    — Mertens, 1956
  • Microgecko helenae
    — S. Anderson, 1961
  • Tropiocolotes (Microgecko) helenae
    — Rösler, 2000
  • Microgecko helenae
    — Bauer et al., 2013

Etymology

The specific name, helenae, is in honor of Helena Nikolsky.[3]

References
  1. Ananjeva, Natalia; Theodore Papenfuss; Soheila Shafiei Bafti; Mozafar Sharifi (2009). "Microgecko helenae ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164568A5908520. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164568A5908520.en. Downloaded on 12 July 2018.
  2. Microgecko helenae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropiocolotes helenae, p. 119).

Further reading
  • "Nikolski AM" (1907) ("1905"). "Reptiles et Amphibies, recueillis par Mr. N. A. Zaroudny en Perse en 1903–1904 ". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 10 (3-4): 260-301 + Plate I. (Microgecko helenae, new species, pp. 265–268). (article in Latin and Russian, article title in French in table of contents of journal).


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