Turkmenistan Eyelid Gecko

Taxobox | name = Turkmenistan Eyelid Gecko
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Sauria
familia = Gekkonidae
genus = "Eublepharis"
species = "E. turcmenicus"
binomial = "Eublepharis turcmenicus"
binomial_authority = Darevsky, 1977

The Turkmenistan eyelid gecko is a ground dwelling lizard native to Turkmenistan and northern Iran. Mainly insectivorous, it may also eat smaller vertebrates. Like many other lizards has the ability to shed its tail (autotomy).

References

* [http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Eublepharis&species=turcmenicus Reptile Database Profile]
*Kaverkin, Y and N. L. Orlov. (1995) [http://www.yakzooex.narod.ru/new/rep/lizard/eture.htm Experience of captive breeding of "Eublepharis turcmenicus" Darevsky] "Russian Journal of Herpetology".