Leopard to Sanskrit ("snake", "tiger" or "panther"), and probably derives from a Mediterranean language, such as Egyptian. The name was first used in the 13th century. Other vernacular names for the leopard include graupanther, panther and several regional names such as "tendwa" in India. The term "black panther" refers to leopards with melanistic genes. A term for the leopard used in Old English and later, but now very uncommon, is "pard". The scientific name of the leopard is "Panthera pardus". The generic name "Panthera" derives from Latin via Greek πάνθηρ ("pánthēr"). The term "panther", whose first recorded use dates back to
Vietnamese leopard gecko Vietnamese leopard gecko The Vietnamese leopard gecko or Chinese tiger gecko ("Goniurosaurus araneus") is a species of lizards in the family Eublepharidae. It is endemic to the Cao Bằng Province of Vietnam. The scientific species name, is from the Latin, "aranea", which means "spider", due to the spindly, spider-like form of this species. The Vietnamese Tiger gecko is dark gray in color and has lots of black spots and four wide orange bands across the back. Its eyes are dark reddish brown. "Goniurosaurus araneus" is distinguished from other species of the same genus by its elongated dorsal scales. This gecko