Kingdom Animalia Suborder Gekkota Subfamily Gekkoninae Scientific name Hemidactylus mindiae Higher classification House geckos Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Family Gekkonidae Genus Hemidactylus Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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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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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.
References
Mount Sinai gecko Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA