Stenodactylus doriae

Stenodactylus doriae, commonly known as Doria's comb-fingered gecko and the Middle Eastern short-fingered gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Western Asia.

Stenodactylus doriae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Stenodactylus
Species:	S. doriae
Binomial name
Stenodactylus doriae (Blanford, 1874)
Synonyms[2]
Ceramodactylus doriae Blanford, 1874 Stenodactylus doriae — J. Anderson, 1896

Etymology

The specific name, doriae, is in honor of Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.^[3]

Geographic range

S. doriae occurs in Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. doriae is desert, at altitudes from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).^[1]

Description

S. doraiae reaches a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 8.3 cm (3.3 in).^[2] Its eyes are bordered by large scales to protect them from the sand during burrowing.^[4]

Reproduction

S. doriae is oviparous.^[2] Clutch size is one or two eggs.^[1]

References

1. Soorae, P.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Els, J.; Sharifi, M.; Papenfuss, T.; Sadek, R.; Disi, A.M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Werner, Y.L.; Shafiei Bafti, S. (2017) [errata version of 2012 assessment]. "Stenodactylus doriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T164683A115304527. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164683A1067541.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
2. Stenodactylus doriae. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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. (Stenodactylus doriae, p. 75).
4. ".arkive.org". Archived from the original on 2013-03-02. Retrieved 2013-02-17.

Further reading

• Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of new Lizards from Persia and Baluchistán". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 13: 453–455. (Ceramodactylus doriae, new species, pp. 454–455). (in English and Latin).
• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Ceramodactylus doriæ, pp. 13–14 + Plate II, figure 4).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommemtierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Stenodactylus doriae, p. 115). (in German).
• Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.