Stenodactylus slevini
Introduction '''''Stenodactylus slevini''''',  also known commonly as '''Slevin's sand gecko''' or '''Slevin's short-fingered gecko''', is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Western Asia.
Etymology The specific name, ''slevini'', is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin.
Geographic range Slevin's sand gecko (''Stenodactylus slevini)'' from United Arab Emirates''S. slevini'' is found in Bahrain, southern Iraq, southern Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, northwestern Saudi Arabia, western United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''S. slevini'' is desert, at altitudes from sea level to .
Description ''Stenodactylus slevini'' from Red Sea Coast, Saudi ArabiaA medium-sized species for its genus, ''S. slevini'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Reproduction ''S. slevini'' is oviparous.
References
Further reading *Arnold EN (1980). "Reptiles of Saudi Arabia. A review of the lizard genus ''Stenodactylus'' (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". ''Fauna of Saudi Arabia'' '''2''': 368–404. (''Stenodactylus slevini'', p. 393). *Disi AM, Modrý D, Nečas P, Rifai L (2001). ''Amphibians and Reptiles of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: An Atlas and Field Guide''. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 408 pp. . *Haas G (1957). "Some Amphibians and Reptiles from Arabia". ''Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series'' '''29''': 47–86. (''Stenodactylus slevini'', new species, pp. 54–56, Figure 3; ''S. arabicus'', new species, pp. 56–57, Figure 4). *Rösler H (2008). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannte Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' '''2''': 28–153. (''Stenodactylus slevini'', p. 115). (in German). *Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). ''The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1.Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia''. (Monogrphs of the ''Societas Herpetologica Italica''). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. .