• Source: Tropiocolotes

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.

Tropiocolotes algericus Loveridge, 1947 – Algerian sand gecko
Tropiocolotes bisharicus S. Baha El Din, 2001 – Bishari dwarf gecko
Tropiocolotes chirioi Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo, & Meiri 2022
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
Tropiocolotes somalicus Parker, 1942 – Parker's pigmy gecko
Tropiocolotes steudneri (W. Peters, 1869) – Steudner's dwarf gecko
Tropiocolotes tassiliensis Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo, & Meiri 2022
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
Tropiocolotes yomtovi Ribeiro-Júnior, Tamar, Maza, Flecks, Wagner, Shacham,, Calvo,, Geniez, Crochet, Koch, & Meiri, 2022
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).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Gekkonidae
• Tropiocolotes
• Tropiocolotes hormozganensis
• Tropiocolotes confusus
• Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei
• Tropiocolotes naybandensis
• Scortecci's sand gecko
• Tropiocolotes tassiliensis
• Tropiocolotes yomtovi
• Gekkonidae
• Tropiocolotes tripolitanus