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*[[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]]). |
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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]
- Tropiocolotes algiricus
- Tropiocolotes bisharicus
- Tropiocolotes nattereri
- Tropiocolotes naybandensis
- Tropiocolotes nubicus
- Tropiocolotes scortecci – Scortecci's sand gecko
- Tropiocolotes somalicus
- Tropiocolotes steudneri – Algerian sand gecko
- Tropiocolotes tripolitanus – northern sand gecko
- Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei
References
- ^ "Tropiocolotes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.