Haemodracon
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Haemodracon is a small genus of rare geckos from Socotra archipelago.
It contains the following species:
- 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".