Crossobamon
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Crossobamon Boettger, 1888[1] |
Crossobamon is a genus of lizards of the gecko family Gekkonidae.
Species
[edit]The genus Crossobamon contains two species:
- Crossobamon eversmanni (Wiegmann, 1834)
- Crossobamon orientalis (Blanford, 1876)
The latter species is poorly described, and was formerly considered a member of the genus Stenodactylus.
Etymology
[edit]The genus name: Gr. κροσσοι krossoi "tassels, fringe"; βαινω bainō "to walk".[citation needed] The specific name, eversmanni, is in honor of German-born Russian biologist Alexander Eduard Friedrich Eversmann.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]Geckos of the genus Crossobamon live in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, and Central Asia.
Description
[edit]Of average size for geckos, about 16 cm (6.3 in) long, the two species are similar in appearance.
References
[edit]- ^ Boettger O (1888). "Über die Reptilien und Batrachier Transcaspiens ". Zoologische Anzeiger 11: 259-263. (Crossobamon, new genus, p. 60). (in German).
- ^ 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. (Crossobamon eversmanni, p. 86).
External links
[edit]- Photos Archived 2006-09-04 at the Wayback Machine