Mount Sinai geckoThe Mount Sinai gecko is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Egypt.HabitatThe natural habitats of Hemidactylus mindiae are rocky areas and caves, at elevations of, but it is also found in disturbed habitats such as rural gardens, and urban areas.ReproductionHemidactylus mindiae is oviparous.Conservation statusThe Mount Sinai gecko is threatened by habitat loss due to quarrying and overgrazing of livestock.EtymologyThe specific epithet, mindiae, commemorates the late Mindy [Baha El Din], an environmentalist and herpetologist from Egypt. She was the wife of Sherif Baha El Din, also a herpetologist, who described this lizard as a new species.