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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
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[Sauria]]
| infraordo = [[Gekkota]]
| familia = [[Gekkonidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Gekkoninae]]
| genus = '''''Tropiocolotes'''''
| genus_authority = [[Wilhelm Peters|W.Peters]], 1880
}}
}}

'''''Tropiocolotes''''' is a [[genus]] of [[geckos]] that grow to about 2" in length and are [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Northern Africa]]. They are commonly known as '''dwarf geckos''', '''pygmy geckos''', or '''sand geckos'''. They have an elongated body and their heads are oval and of equal or lesser width than their body.
'''''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.


==Species & subspecies==
==Species & subspecies==
The following [[species]] and [[subspecies]] are recognized as being valid. <ref>"''Tropiocolotes'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
The following [[species]] and [[subspecies]] are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Tropiocolotes}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>


*''[[Tropiocolotes algiricus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes algericus]]'' {{small|[[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1947}} – Algerian sand gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes bisharicus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes bisharicus]]'' {{small|[[Sherif Mohammed Baha El Din|S. Baha El Din]], 2001}} – Bishari dwarf gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes nattereri]]''
*''[[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 naybandensis]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes hormozganensis]]'' {{small|[[Iman Rounaghi|Rounaghi]], [[Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani|Rastegar-Pouyani]] & [[Saeed Hosseinian|Hosseinian]], 2018}}
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*''[[Tropiocolotes nubicus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes scortecci]]'' – Scortecci's sand gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes nattereri]]'' {{small|[[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1901}} – Natterer's gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes somalicus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes naybandensis]]'' {{small|[[Valentina Krause|Krause]] et al., 2013}}
*''[[Tropiocolotes steudneri]]'' – Algerian sand gecko
*''[[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>
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*''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus]]'' – northern sand gecko
*''[[Tropiocolotes somalicus]]'' {{small|[[Hampton Wildman Parker|Parker]], 1942}} – Parker's pigmy gecko
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**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus apoklomax]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes steudneri]]'' {{small|([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters, 1869]])}} – Steudner's dwarf gecko
**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus occidentalis]]''
**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus tripolitanus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes tassiliensis]]'' {{small|Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo, & Meiri 2022}}
*''[[Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei]]''
*''[[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==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==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. 306). (in [[German language|German]] and [[Latin]]).
*[[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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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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