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Stenodactylus slevini HAAS, 1957

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Slevin's Short-fingered Geckko
G: Slevins Dünnfingergecko 
SynonymStenodactylus slevini HAAS 1957: 54
Stenodactylus arabicus HAAS 1957: 56
Stenodactylus slevini — WERMUTH 1965: 177
Stenodactylus haasi KLUGE 1967
Stenodactylus slevini — KLUGE 1993
Stenodactylus slevini — RÖSLER 2000: 115
Stenodactylus slevini — BAUER et al. 2013
Stenodactylus slevini — MOHAMMED et al. 2017
Stenodactylus selvini — KHAYRAH & FATHY 2022 (in error) 
DistributionN/W Saudi-Arabia, Bahrain, S Jordan,
S Iraq, Kuwait, W United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Qatar

Type locality: Dharan, Saudi-Arabia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CAS 84592 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Medium-sized, up to 63 mm fro~ snout to vent; toes not depressed, without a distinct lateral fringe, three rows of scales beneath; rostral reaches nostril but first upper labial scale usually does not; preanal pores present or absent; cloacal tubercles typically in a single row; autotomy restricted to tail base; prefrontal projection strong; upper border of prootic sloping markedly downwards; epipterygoid widely separated from skull roof in protracted skull; usually 25 presacral vertebrae; 6 nuchal ribs; usually 5 basal caudal vertebrae; clavicle expanded; tail usually with 7-12 regular and conspicuous dark bands extending to tip [ARNOLD 1980: 393].


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CommentDistribution: See map in Burriel-Carranza et al. 2019 for map in UAE. 
EtymologyNamed after Joseph Richard Slevin (1881-1957), curator of Herpetology at the California Academy of Sciences 1928-1957. Not in Yemen according to SINDACO & JEREMCENKO 2008. 
References
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