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Latest revision as of 17:04, 25 June 2025
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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 Template:Convert. 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, 1947Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Algerian sand gecko
- Tropiocolotes bisharicus S. Baha El Din, 2001Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bishari dwarf gecko
- Tropiocolotes chirioi Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo, & Meiri 2022Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tropiocolotes confusus Machado, Smíd, Mazuch, Sindaco, Shukaili & Carranza, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tropiocolotes hormozganensis Rounaghi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Hosseinian, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tropiocolotes nattereri Steindachner, 1901Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Natterer's gecko
- Tropiocolotes naybandensis Krause et al., 2013Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tropiocolotes nubicus S. Baha El Din, 1999Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Steudner's gecko
- Tropiocolotes scorteccii Cherchi & Spanò, 1963Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Scortecci's sand gecko[2]
- Tropiocolotes somalicus Parker, 1942Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Parker's pigmy gecko
- Tropiocolotes steudneri (W. Peters, 1869)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Steudner's dwarf gecko
- Tropiocolotes tassiliensis Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo, & Meiri 2022Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tropiocolotes tripolitanus W. Peters, 1880Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern sand gecko, Tripoli gecko
- Tropiocolotes tripolitanus apoklomax Pappenfuss, 1969Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tropiocolotes tripolitanus occidentalis Parker, 1942Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tropiocolotes tripolitanus tripolitanus W. Peters, 1880Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner, 2010Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tropiocolotes yomtovi Ribeiro-Júnior, Tamar, Maza, Flecks, Wagner, Shacham,, Calvo,, Geniez, Crochet, Koch, & Meiri, 2022Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropiocolotes.
References
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).
- ↑ 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. Template:ISBN. (Tropiocolotes scortecci, p. 239).