Crossobamon eversmanni

Crossobamon eversmanni, also known commonly as the comb-toed gecko, is a species of Asian gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

Crossobamon eversmanni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Crossobamon
Species:	C. eversmanni
Binomial name
Crossobamon eversmanni (Wiegmann, 1834)
Synonyms[2]
Gymnodactylus eversmanni Wiegmann, 1834 Crossobamon atropunctatus Lichtenstein & von Martens, 1856 Gymnodactylus atropunctatus — Boulenger, 1885 Stenodactylus lumsdenii Boulenger, 1887 Stenodactylus maynardi M.A. Smith, 1933 Crossobamon eversmanni — Wermuth, 1965

Etymology

The specific name, eversmanni, is in honor of Russian-German entomologist Alexander Eduard Friedrich Eversmann.^[3]

Geographic range

C. eversmanni is found in Iran, Pakistan, and several other countries of Central Asia.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. eversmanni is sandy areas of desert, grassland, and shrubland, at altitudes of 550–1,463 m (1,804–4,800 ft).^[1]

Behavior

C. eversmanni is terrestrial, nocturnal, and lives in burrows.^[1]

Reproduction

C. eversmanni is oviparous.^[2] A sexually mature female may lay 2–3 clutches per year, with 1–2 eggs in each clutch.^[1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

• Crossobamon eversmanni eversmanni (Wiegmann, 1834)
• Crossobamon eversmanni lumsdenii (Boulenger, 1887)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Crossobamon.

References

1. Papenfuss T, Shafiei Bafti S, Orlov NL, Nazarov R, Sattorov T (2021). "Crossobamon eversmanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164755A1073135.en. Accessed on 08 February 2023.
2. Crossobamon eversmanni 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. (Crossobamon eversmanni, p. 86).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Stenodactylus lumsdenii, new species, p. 479).
• Wiegmann AFA (1834). Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense pervenerunt, Pars prima, saurorum species amplectens. Adiecto systematis saurorum prodromo, additisque multis in hunc amphibiorum ordinem observationibus. Berlin: C.G. Lüderitz. vi + 54 pp. + Plates I-X. (Gymnodactylus eversmanni, new species, p. 19). (in Latin).