Mount Sinai gecko
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. mindiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus mindiae S. Baha El Din, 2005[2]
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The Mount Sinai gecko (Hemidactylus mindiae) is a
endemic to Egypt
.
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.[3]
References
- . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Hemidactylus mindiae ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus mindiae, p. 178).
Further reading
- Baha El Din, Sherif M. (2005). "An overview of Egyptian species of Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from the high mountains of South Sinai". Zoology in the Middle East 34: 11–26. (Hemidactylus mindiae, new species). (in English, plus abstract in German).