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{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{Taxobox
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Tropiocolotessteudneri.jpg
| image = Tropiocolotessteudneri.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Tropiocolotes steudneri]]''
| image_caption = [[Steudner's dwarf gecko]] <br />(''Tropiocolotes steudneri'')
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Tropiocolotes
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| authority = [[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1880
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| familia = [[Gekkonidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Gekkoninae]]
| genus = '''''Tropiocolotes'''''
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'''''Tropiocolotes''''' is a small [[genus]] of very small [[geckos]], mostly about 2" or less in total length, [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Northern Africa]]. They are commonly known as '''Dwarf or Pygmy Geckos'''. The have a very elongated body and the head is oval and equal or lesser in width to the body. The digits have a long claw and scales are fairly large.


'''''Tropiocolotes''''' is a [[genus]] of [[geckos]], [[lizard]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. The genus is native to [[North Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. [[Species]] in the genus ''Tropiocolotes'' grow to a total length (including tail) of about {{convert|2|in|cm|abbr=on}}. They are commonly known as '''dwarf geckos''', '''pygmy geckos''', or '''sand geckos'''. They have an elongated body and the head is oval and of equal or lesser width than the body.
==Classification of genus ''Tropiocolotes''==


==Species & subspecies==
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*''[[Tropiocolotes bisharicus]]''
The following [[species]] and [[subspecies]] are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Tropiocolotes}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
*''[[Tropiocolotes helenae]]''
**''[[Microgecko helenae fasciatus]]''
**''[[Microgecko helenae helenae]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes latifi]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes levitoni]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes nattereri]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes nubicus]]''
*Persia Sand Gecko, ''[[Tropiocolotes persicus]]''
**''[[Microgecko persicus bakhtiari]]''
**''[[Microgecko persicus euphorbiacola]]''
**''[[Microgecko persicus persicus]]''
*Scortecci's Sand Gecko, ''[[Tropiocolotes scortecci]]''
*Algerian Sand Gecko, ''[[Tropiocolotes steudneri]]''
*Northern Sand Gecko, ''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus]]''
**Algerian Northern Sand Gecko, ''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus algericus]]''
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**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus apoklomax]]''
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**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus occidentalis]]''
**Somalian Northern Sand Gecko, ''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus somalicus]]''
**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus tripolitanus]]''


*''[[Tropiocolotes algericus]]'' {{small|[[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1947}} – Algerian sand gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes bisharicus]]'' {{small|[[Sherif Mohammed Baha El Din|S. Baha El Din]], 2001}} – Bishari dwarf gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes chirioi]]'' {{small|Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo, & Meiri 2022}}
*''[[Tropiocolotes confusus]]'' {{small|[[Luis Machado|Machado]], [[Jiří Smíd|Smíd]], [[Tomáš Mazuch|Mazuch]], [[Roberto Sidaco|Sindaco]], [[Ahmed Said Al Shukaili|Shukaili]] & [[Salvador Carranza|Carranza]], 2018}}
*''[[Tropiocolotes hormozganensis]]'' {{small|[[Iman Rounaghi|Rounaghi]], [[Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani|Rastegar-Pouyani]] & [[Saeed Hosseinian|Hosseinian]], 2018}}
*''[[Tropiocolotes nattereri]]'' {{small|[[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1901}} – Natterer's gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes naybandensis]]'' {{small|[[Valentina Krause|Krause]] et al., 2013}}
*''[[Tropiocolotes nubicus]]'' {{small|S. Baha El Din, 1999}} – Steudner's gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes scorteccii]]'' {{small|[[Maria Adelaide Cherchi|Cherchi]] & [[Silvio Spanò|Spanò]], 1963}} – [[:fr:Giuseppe Scortecci|Scortecci's]] sand gecko<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}}. (''Tropiocolotes scortecci'', p. 239).</ref>
*''[[Tropiocolotes somalicus]]'' {{small|[[Hampton Wildman Parker|Parker]], 1942}} – Parker's pigmy gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes steudneri]]'' {{small|([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters, 1869]])}} – Steudner's dwarf gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes tassiliensis]]'' {{small|Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo, & Meiri 2022}}
*''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus]]'' {{small|W. Peters, 1880}} – northern sand gecko, Tripoli gecko
**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus apoklomax]]'' {{small|[[Theodore Johnstone Pappenfuss|Pappenfuss]], 1969}}
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**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus occidentalis]]'' {{small|Parker, 1942}}
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**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus tripolitanus]]'' {{small|W. Peters, 1880}}
*''[[Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei]]'' {{small|[[Thomas M. Wilms|Wilms]], [[Mohammed Shobrak|Shobrak]] & [[Philipp Wagner|Wagner]], 2010}}
*''[[Tropiocolotes yomtovi]]'' {{small|Ribeiro-Júnior, Tamar, Maza, Flecks, Wagner, Shacham,, Calvo,, Geniez, Crochet, Koch, & Meiri, 2022}}

''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Tropiocolotes''.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*[[Sherif Mohammed Baha El Din|Baha El Din SM]] (2001). "A synopsis of African and south Arabian geckos of the genus ''Tropiocolotes'' (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), with a description of a new species from Egypt". ''Zoology in the Middle East'' '''22''': 45–56.
*[[Wilhelm Peters|Peters W]] (1880). "''Über die von Hrn. Gerhard Rohlfs und Dr. A. Stecker auf der Reise nach der Oase Kufra gesammelten Amphibien'' ". ''Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin'' '''1880''': 305–309. (''Tropiocolotes'', new genus, p.&nbsp;306). (in [[German language|German]] and [[Latin]]).

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[[Category:Geckos]]
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[[Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters]]

Latest revision as of 19:16, 13 May 2023

Tropiocolotes
Steudner's dwarf gecko
(Tropiocolotes steudneri)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Tropiocolotes
W. Peters, 1880

Tropiocolotes is a genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is native to North Africa and the Middle East. Species in the genus Tropiocolotes grow to a total length (including tail) of about 2 in (5.1 cm). They are commonly known as dwarf geckos, pygmy geckos, or sand geckos. They have an elongated body and the head is oval and of equal or lesser width than the body.

Species & subspecies[edit]

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropiocolotes.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Genus Tropiocolotes at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ 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. (Tropiocolotes scortecci, p. 239).

Further reading[edit]

  • Baha El Din SM (2001). "A synopsis of African and south Arabian geckos of the genus Tropiocolotes (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), with a description of a new species from Egypt". Zoology in the Middle East 22: 45–56.
  • Peters W (1880). "Über die von Hrn. Gerhard Rohlfs und Dr. A. Stecker auf der Reise nach der Oase Kufra gesammelten Amphibien ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880: 305–309. (Tropiocolotes, new genus, p. 306). (in German and Latin).
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