Latifi's dwarf gecko

Latifi's dwarf gecko (Microgecko latifi), also known commonly as the Zagros tiny gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Iran.. www.reptile-database.org.

Etymology The specific name, latifi, is in honor of Iranian herpetologist Mahmoud Latifi (1929–2005).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Tropiocolotes latifi, p. 151).

Geographic range M. latifi is found in the Zagros Mountains in Iran in the provinces of Fars, Kerman, and Markazi.

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of M. latifi is shrubland near fresh water.

Reproduction M. latifi is oviparous.

References

Further reading Bauer, Aaron M.; Masroor, Rafaqat; Titus-McQuillan, James; Heinicke, Matthew P.; Daza, Juan D.; Jackman, Todd R. (2013). "A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications". Zootaxa 3599 (4): 301–324. Leviton, Alan E.; Anderson, Steven C. (1972). "Description of a new species of Tropiocolotes (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) with a revised key to the genus". Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences (96): 1–7. (Tropiocolotes latifi, new species). Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Tropiocolotes latifi, p. 118). (in German). Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). 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. .