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==Species & subspecies== |
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The following [[species]] and [[subspecies]] are recognized as being valid. |
The following [[species]] and [[subspecies]] are recognized as being valid.<ref>"''Tropiocolotes'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> |
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*''[[Tropiocolotes algericus]]'' {{small|[[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1947}} |
*''[[Tropiocolotes algericus]]'' {{small|[[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1947}} |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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*[[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. |
*[[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. |
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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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⚫ | *[[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. |
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[[Category:Geckos]] |
[[Category:Geckos]] |
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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 algericus Loveridge, 1947
- Tropiocolotes bisharicus S. Baha El Din, 2001
- Tropiocolotes nattereri Steindachner, 1901
- Tropiocolotes naybandensis Krause et al., 2013
- Tropiocolotes nubicus S. Baha El Din, 1999
- Tropiocolotes scortecci Cherchi & Spanò, 1963 – Scortecci's sand gecko
- Tropiocolotes somalicus Parker, 1942
- Tropiocolotes steudneri (W. Peters, 1869) – Algerian sand gecko
- Tropiocolotes tripolitanus W. Peters, 1880 – northern sand gecko
- Tropiocolotes tripolitanus apoklomax Pappenfuss, 1969
- Tropiocolotes tripolitanus occidentalis Parker, 1942
- Tropiocolotes tripolitanus tripolitanus W. Peters, 1880
- Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner, 2010
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropiocolotes.
References
- ^ "Tropiocolotes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- 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).