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Low lying gecko

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bowles, P. |date=2021 |title=Microgecko depressus |volume=2021 |page=e.T178193A127898589 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178193A127898589.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Microgecko

| species = depressus

| authority = (Minton & J.A. Anderson, 1965)

| synonyms = *Tropiocolotes depressus
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The low-lying gecko (Microgecko depressus) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to western Pakistan.{{NRDB species|genus=Microgecko|species=depressus}}

Locomotion

M. depressus assumes a "serpentine"Clarification: "This refers to the sideways sliding of the body, proceeding with a quick jerky action, remanded in a slower phase, then again assuming the serpentine position." {{Cite journal|last1=Hu|first1=David L.|last2=Nirody|first2=Jasmine|last3=Scott|first3=Terri|last4=Shelley|first4=Michael J.|date=2009-06-23|title=The mechanics of slithering locomotion|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|volume=106|issue=25|pages=10081–10085|doi=10.1073/pnas.0812533106|issn=1091-6490|pmc=2700932|pmid=19506255|doi-access=free}} position for a short period of time when alarmed or threatened. This type of locomotive pattern resumes after a slow jerk, whilst advancing in this position each halt (or stoppage).{{Cite journal|last=Minton|first=Sherman A.|author-link=Sherman A. Minton|date=1966|title=A contribution to the herpetology of West Pakistan|journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|language=en-US|volume=134|pages=27–184|hdl=2246/1129}}{{Cite journal|last1=Minton|first1=Sherman A.|last2=Anderson|first2=Jeromie A.|date=28 April 1965|title=A New Dwarf Gecko (Tropiocolotes) from Baluchistan|journal=Herpetologica|volume=21|issue=1|pages=59–61|jstor=3890708}} (Tropiocolotes depressus, new species).

Reproduction

M. depressus is oviparous.

References

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Category:Microgecko

Category:Reptiles described in 1965

Category:Reptiles of Pakistan

Category:Taxa named by Sherman A. Minton

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