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{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name      = ''Crossobamon''
| taxon     = Crossobamon
| authority = [[Oskar Boettger|Boettger]], 1888<ref>[[Oskar Boettger|Boettger O]] (1888). "''Über die Reptilien und Batrachier Transcaspiens'' ". ''Zoologische Anzeiger'' '''11''': 259-263. (''Crossobamon'', new genus, p. 60). (in [[German language|German]]).</ref>
| image = Crossobamon_eversmanni_(18110006684).jpg
}}
'''''Crossobamon''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lizard]]s of the [[gecko]] [[Family (biology)|family]] Gekkonidae.
==Species==
The genus ''Crossobamon'' contains two species:
*''[[Crossobamon eversmanni]]'' {{small|([[Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann|Wiegmann]], 1834)}}
*''[[Crossobamon orientalis]]'' {{small|([[William Thomas Blanford|Blanford]], 1876)}}
The latter species is poorly described, and was formerly considered a member of the genus ''[[Stenodactylus]]''.
==Etymology==
The genus name: Gr. κροσσοι ''krossoi'' "tassels, fringe"; βαινω ''bainō'' "to walk".{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}} The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''eversmanni'', is in honor of [[Germany|German]]-born [[Russia]]n [[biologist]] [[Eduard Friedrich Eversmann|Alexander Eduard Friedrich Eversmann]].<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Crossobamon eversmanni'', p. 86).</ref>
==Geographic range==
Geckos of the genus ''Crossobamon'' live in [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Russia]], and [[Central Asia]].
==Description==
Of average size for geckos, about {{convert|16|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, the two species are similar in appearance.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.gekkota.com/html/crossobamon.html Photos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904055741/http://www.gekkota.com/html/crossobamon.html |date=2006-09-04 }}
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[[Category:Reptiles of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Lizards of Asia]]
[[Category:Geckos]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Oskar Boettger]]
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