Saurodactylus mauritanicus
Appearance
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
Genus: | Saurodactylus |
Species: | S. mauritanicus
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Binomial name | |
Saurodactylus mauritanicus | |
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Saurodactylus mauritanicus is a species of gecko in the Sphaerodactylidae family found in Morocco, Western Sahara, and possibly Algeria. Both this species and Saurodactylus brosseti were both commonly known as the Morocco lizard-fingered gecko, and were both considered conspecific. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rocky areas, arable land, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
[edit]- ^ Ulrich Joger, Tahar Slimani, El Hassan El Mouden, Philippe Geniez, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Saurodactylus mauritanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61569A12517583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61569A12517583.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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