| Haemodracon | |
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| Haemodracon riebeckii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Haemodracon Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997 |
Haemodracon is a small genus of rare geckos from Socotra archipelago.
It contains the following species:[1]
- 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".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bauer A.M. [in French]; Good D.A.; Branch W.R. [in French] (1997). "The taxonomy of the southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus " and the description of five new genera". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 49 (14): 447–497. ISSN 0068-547X.
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