Missone's spider gecko

Missone's spider gecko (Rhinogekko misonnei), also known commonly as de Witte's gecko, de Witte's spider gecko, Misonne's swollen-nose gecko, and Witte's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Western Asia.

Etymology The specific name, misonnei, is in honor of Xavier Misonne who is a Belgian anthropologist and zoologist.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Agamura misonnei, p. 179).

Geographic range Rhinogekko misonnei is found in Iran and Pakistan. The IUCN Redlist considers its presence in Pakistan uncertain.

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Rhinogekko misonnei is desert.

Behavior Rhinogekko missonei is terrestrial.

Reproduction Rhinogekko misonnei is oviparous.

References

Further reading Akbarpour M, Shafiei S (2015). "Range extension of Misonne's swollen-nose gecko, Rhinogecko misonnei de Witte, 1973 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Iran". Iranian Journal of Animal Bioststematics 11 (2): 179–182. de Witte G-F (1973). "Description d'un Gekkonidae nouveau de l'Iran (Reptilia, Sauria)". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 49 (1): 1–6. (Rhinogekko misonnei, new species). (in French). 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. . (Rhinogecko misonnei, p. 126). Šmíd J, Moravec J, Kodym P, Kratochvíl L, Yousefkhani SSH, Rastegar-Pouyani E, Frynta D (2014). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran". Zootaxa 3855 (1): 001–097. (Rhinogekko misonnei, p. 25).