Iraqi eyelid gecko

Taxobox | name = Iraqi Eyelid Gecko
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Sauria
familia = Gekkonidae
genus = "Eublepharis"
species = "E. angramainyu"
binomial = "Eublepharis angramainyu"
binomial_authority = Anderson & Leviton, 1966

The Iraqi eyelid gecko is a ground dwelling lizard native to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Its diet is insectivorous but may eat smaller vertebrates, like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail (autotomy).

References

* http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Eublepharis&species=angramainyu
* http://sci.ege.edu.tr/~bgocmen/eangramainyu.html