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Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: Egypt (South Sinai), Jordan
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Mount Sinai gecko

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The Mount Sinai gecko (Hemidactylus mindiae) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Egypt.

Habitat

The natural habitats of H. mindiae are rocky areas, caves, rural gardens, and urban areas.

Conservation status

The Mount Sinai gecko is threatened by habitat loss.

Etymology

The specific epithet, mindiae, commemorates the late Mindy Baha El Din, an environmentalist and herpetologist from Egypt. She was the wife of Sherif Baha El Din, also a herpetologist, who described this lizard as a new species.[3]

References

  1. ^ El Din, S.B. (2006). "Hemidactylus mindiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61508A12495072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61508A12495072.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Hemidactylus mindiae ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  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. (Hemidactylus mindiae, p. 178).
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Mount Sinai gecko: Brief Summary

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The Mount Sinai gecko (Hemidactylus mindiae) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Egypt.

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