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


*''[[Tropiocolotes algiricus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes bisharicus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes bisharicus]]''
* Banded sand gecko, ''[[Tropiocolotes helenae]]''
**''[[Microgecko helenae fasciatus]]''
**''[[Microgecko helenae helenae]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes latifi]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes levitoni]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes nattereri]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes nattereri]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes naybandensis]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes nubicus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes nubicus]]''
*Persia Sand Gecko, ''[[Tropiocolotes persicus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes scortecci]]'' – Scortecci's sand gecko
**''[[Microgecko persicus bakhtiari]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes somalicus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes steudneri]]'' – Algerian sand gecko
**''[[Microgecko persicus euphorbiacola]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus]]'' – northern sand gecko
**''[[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]]''
**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus apoklomax]]''
**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus apoklomax]]''
**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus occidentalis]]''
**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus occidentalis]]''
**Somalian Northern Sand Gecko, ''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus somalicus]]''
**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus tripolitanus]]''
**''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus tripolitanus]]''
*''[[Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Geckos]]
[[Category:Geckos]]

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Tropiocolotes
Tropiocolotes steudneri
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Tropiocolotes

W.Peters, 1880

Tropiocolotes is a genus of geckos that grow to about 2" in length and are 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.

Species & subspecies

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

References

  1. ^ "Tropiocolotes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.