Pristurus Collaris
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The collared rock gecko (''Pristurus collaris'') is a
species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
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in the family
Sphaerodactylidae The Sphaerodactylidae are a Family (biology), family of geckos (Gekkota) distributed in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, as well as in Southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and into Central Asia. The fam ...
found in
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and
Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...
. It is an oviparous animal, meaning that it reproduces by laying eggs. It is also quite a small animal. The average size of a collared rock gecko is about 52mm from the snout to its vent.


References

Pristurus collaris. The Reptile Database. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2022, from https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pristurus&species=collaris&search_param=%28%28taxon%3D Pristurus Reptiles described in 1867 {{Gecko-stub