Cyrtopodion kirmanense

Cyrtopodion kirmanense, also known as the Kirman thin-toed gecko or the Kerman bent-toed gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to eastern Iran.

Cyrtopodion kirmanense

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species:
C. kirmanense
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion kirmanense
(Nikolsky, 1900)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus kirmanensis
    Nikolsky, 1900
  • Cyrtodactylys kirmanensis
    — S. Anderson, 1963
  • Tenuidactylus kirmanensis
    — Szczerbak & Golubev, 1984
  • Cyrtopodion kirmanensis
    — Rösler, 2000
  • Mediodactylus kirmanense
    — Nazarov et al., 2011

Geographic range

C. kirmanense is found in Kerman Province, Iran.[2]

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References
  1. Anderson, Steven; Mozafar Sharifi; Theodore Papenfuss; Soheila Shafiei Bafti (2009). "Cyrtopodion kirmanense ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164773A5924956. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164773A5924956.en. Downloaded on 10 May 2018.
  2. Cyrtopodion kirmanense at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

Further reading
  • Nikolsky AM (1900). "Reptiles, amphibies [sic] et poissons, recueillis pendant le voyage de Mr. N. A Zaroudny en 1898 dans la Perse ". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 24 (4): 376-417 + Plate XX. (Gymnodactylus kirmanensis, new species, pp. 381-383). (Text in Russian, diagnoses and localities in Latin, title in French and Russian).


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