Tropiocolotes

Tropiocolotes
Tropiocolotes steudneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	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

• Tropiocolotes bisharicus
• Banded sand gecko, Tropiocolotes helenae
  • Microgecko helenae fasciatus
  • Microgecko helenae helenae
• Tropiocolotes latifi
• Tropiocolotes levitoni
• Tropiocolotes nattereri
• Tropiocolotes nubicus
• Persia Sand Gecko, Tropiocolotes persicus
  • Microgecko persicus bakhtiari
  • Microgecko persicus euphorbiacola
  • 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 occidentalis
  • Somalian Northern Sand Gecko, Tropiocolotes tripolitanus somalicus
  • Tropiocolotes tripolitanus tripolitanus