Haemodracon: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Phyllodactylidae
- Genus
- Haemodracon
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Haemodracon
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Haemodracon
Haemodracon is a small genus of rare geckos from Socotra archipelago.
It contains the following species:
- Haemodracon riebeckii (W. Peters, 1882) — type species
- Haemodracon trachyrhinus (Boulenger, 1899)
The genus name is related to Dracaena cinnabari — the most famous tree of Socotra. It gives a red resin known as dragon's blood. The word Haemodracon is derived from the Latinized Greek haema-, meaning "blood", and dracon meaning "dragon".
...Haemodracon in languages:
- Danish
- Socotra-bladfingergekkoer