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(Redirected from Gekko swinhonis) Species of lizard

Peking gecko
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species: G. swinhonis
Binomial name
Gekko swinhonis
Günther, 1864
Synonyms
  • Gecko swinhonis
    R. Swinhoe, 1863
    (nomen nudum)
  • Gecko swinhonis
    Günther, 1864
  • Gekko swinhonis
    — Schmidt, 1927
  • Gekko (Japonigekko) swinhonis
    — Wood et al., 2019

The Peking gecko (Gekko swinhonis) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to China.

Etymology

The specific name, swinhonis, is in honor of English naturalist Robert Swinhoe.

Geographic range

G. swinhonis occurs in northern China, north of the Yangtze River.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of G. swinhonis are arid and moist grasslands and plains.

Reproduction

G. swinhonis is oviparous.

Taxonomy

The species G. swinhonis was first described by British herpetologist Albert Günther in 1864.

Conservation status

G. swinhonis has been assessed as "Vulnerable" due to an inferred 30% population decline over the last three generations due to harvest levels. This species has a relatively wide distribution but it is exploited for traditional medicine and is impacted by habitat loss and degradation.

References

  1. ^ Yan, J. (2021). "Gekko swinhonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178208A127944524. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178208A127944524.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gekko swinhonis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 May 2018.
  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. (Gekko swinhonis, p. 258).

Further reading

  • 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. (Gecko swinhonis, p. 189).
  • Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Gecko swinhonis, new species, p. 104 + PlateXII, figure A).
  • Li H-M, Zeng D-L, Guan Q-X, Qin P-S, Qin X-M (2013). "Complete mitochondrial genome of Gekko swinhonis (Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Mitochondrial DNA 24 (2): 86–88.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Gekko swinhonis, p. 82). (in German).
Taxon identifiers
Gekko swinhonis


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