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The following [[species]] and [[subspecies]] are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Tropiocolotes}} 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> |
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*''[[Tropiocolotes algericus]]'' {{small|[[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1947}} |
*''[[Tropiocolotes algericus]]'' {{small|[[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1947}} – Algerian sand gecko |
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*''[[Tropiocolotes bisharicus]]'' {{small|[[Sherif Mohammed Baha El Din|S. Baha El Din]], 2001}} |
*''[[Tropiocolotes bisharicus]]'' {{small|[[Sherif Mohammed Baha El Din|S. Baha El Din]], 2001}} – Bishari dwarf gecko |
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*''[[Tropiocolotes confusus]]'' {{small|Machado, |
*''[[Tropiocolotes confusus]]'' {{small|[[Luis Machado|Machado]], [[Jiří Smíd|Smíd]], [[Tomáš Mazuch|Mazuch]], [[Roberto Sidaco|Sindaco]], [[Ahmed Said Al Shukaili|Shukaili]] & [[Salvador Carranza|Carranza]], 2018}} |
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*''[[Tropiocolotes hormozganensis]]'' {{small| |
*''[[Tropiocolotes hormozganensis]]'' {{small|[[Iman Rounaghi|Rounaghi]], [[Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani|Rastegar-Pouyani]] & [[Saeed Hosseinian|Hosseinian]], 2018}} |
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*''[[Tropiocolotes nattereri]]'' {{small|[[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1901}} |
*''[[Tropiocolotes nattereri]]'' {{small|[[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1901}} – Natterer's gecko |
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*''[[Tropiocolotes naybandensis]]'' {{small|[[Valentina Krause|Krause]] et al., 2013}} |
*''[[Tropiocolotes naybandensis]]'' {{small|[[Valentina Krause|Krause]] et al., 2013}} |
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*''[[Tropiocolotes nubicus]]'' {{small|S. Baha El Din, 1999}} |
*''[[Tropiocolotes nubicus]]'' {{small|S. Baha El Din, 1999}} – Steudner's gecko |
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*''[[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 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 somalicus]]'' {{small|[[Hampton Wildman Parker|Parker]], 1942}} |
*''[[Tropiocolotes somalicus]]'' {{small|[[Hampton Wildman Parker|Parker]], 1942}} – Parker's pigmy gecko |
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*''[[Tropiocolotes steudneri]]'' {{small|([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters, 1869]])}} – Steudner's dwarf gecko |
*''[[Tropiocolotes steudneri]]'' {{small|([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters, 1869]])}} – Steudner's dwarf gecko |
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*''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus]]'' {{small|W. Peters, 1880}} – northern sand gecko, Tripoli gecko |
*''[[Tropiocolotes tripolitanus]]'' {{small|W. Peters, 1880}} – northern sand gecko, Tripoli gecko |
Revision as of 12:36, 17 June 2020
Tropiocolotes | |
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Steudner's dwarf gecko (Tropiocolotes steudneri) | |
Scientific 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
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Tropiocolotes algericus Loveridge, 1947 – Algerian sand gecko
- Tropiocolotes bisharicus S. Baha El Din, 2001 – Bishari dwarf gecko
- Tropiocolotes confusus Machado, Smíd, Mazuch, Sindaco, Shukaili & Carranza, 2018
- Tropiocolotes hormozganensis Rounaghi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Hosseinian, 2018
- Tropiocolotes nattereri Steindachner, 1901 – Natterer's gecko
- Tropiocolotes naybandensis Krause et al., 2013
- Tropiocolotes nubicus S. Baha El Din, 1999 – Steudner's gecko
- Tropiocolotes scorteccii Cherchi & Spanò, 1963 – Scortecci's sand gecko[2]
- Tropiocolotes somalicus Parker, 1942 – Parker's pigmy gecko
- Tropiocolotes steudneri (W. Peters, 1869) – Steudner's dwarf gecko
- Tropiocolotes tripolitanus W. Peters, 1880 – northern sand gecko, Tripoli 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
- ^ Genus Tropiocolotes at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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
- 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).