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Grey Thin-Toed Gecko
Mediodactylus russowii (Strauch, 1887)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Mediodactylus russowii, also known commonly as the grey thin-toed gecko, Russow's bent-toed gecko, and the Transcaspian bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.
Wikipedia contributors, Mediodactylus russowii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:56:32.614697+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Mediodactylus russowii (Strauch, 1887)
- Name authority
- (Strauch, 1887)
- Common name
- Grey Thin-Toed Gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Mediodactylus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderGekkota
- familyGekkonidae
- genusMediodactylus
- speciesMediodactylus russowii (Strauch, 1887)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Mediodactylus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Iranian GeckoMediodactylus aspratilis (Anderson, 1973) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iraqi (Keel-scaled) GeckoMediodactylus heteropholis (Minton, Anderson & Anderson, 1970) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ilamian keel-scaled geckoMediodactylus ilamensis (Fathinia, Karamiani, Darvishnia, Heidari & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2011) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediodactylus narynensis (Eremchenko, Zarinenko & Panfilov, 1999) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kopet Dagh Bent-Toed GeckoMediodactylus spinicauda (Strauch, 1887) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediodactylus stevenandersoni (Torki, 2011) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chitral GeckoMediodactylus walli (Ingoldby, 1922) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediterranean Thin-toed geckoMediodactylus oertzeni (Boettger, 1888) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediterranean Thin-toed geckoMediodactylus orientalis (Stepánek, 1937) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barton’s Thin-toed geckoMediodactylus bartoni (Stepánek, 1934) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bulgarian Bent-toed GeckoMediodactylus danilewskii (Strauch, 1887) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deh Akro Thin-Toed GeckoMediodactylus dehakroensis (Masroor, 2009) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gymnodactylus russowii kopalensis Shnitnikov, 1928 Shnitnikov, 1928 | synonym |
| Gymnodactylus zarudnyi Nikolsky, 1900 Nikolsky, 1900 | synonym |
| Gymnodactylus russowii Strauch, 1887 Strauch, 1887 | synonym |
| Mediodactylus russowii zarudnyi (Nikolsky, 1900) (Nikolsky, 1900) | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Mediodactylus&species=russowii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3YPFY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.