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Pristurus obsti RÖSLER & WRANIK, 1999

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mangrove semaphore gecko 
SynonymPristurus obsti RÖSLER & WRANIK 1999
Pristurus obsti — RÖSLER 2000: 106
Pristurus obsti — RAZZETTI et al. 2011 
DistributionSocotra Island (Yemen)

Type locality: SW Qalansinah = Qualansya (12°34.67'N, 53°59.19'E  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MTD (= MTKD) D41401; paratypes in CPHR, MTD (= MTKD), ZFMK, HLMD 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Fritz-Jürgen Obst (3 Apr 1939-10 Jun 2018), former director of the “Staatliche Museum für Naturkunde, Dresden” (MTKD). 
References
  • Bischoff, W. 2009. Professor Fritz Jürgen Obst zum 70. Geburtstag. Elaphe 17 (1): 7-9
  • Fasola, M., Razzetti, E., Sindaco, R. et al. 2020. Ecological preferences of the endemic reptile community of Socotra. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei (2020) - get paper here
  • Garcia-Porta, Joan; Hernán E. Morales, Elena Gómez-Díaz, Roberto Sindaco, Salvador Carranza 2016. Patterns of diversification in islands: A comparative study across three gecko genera in the Socotra Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.007 - get paper here
  • Hörold, Ralf 2018. Fritz Jürgen Obst (3. April 1939 - 10. Juni 2018) – ein Nachruf Ophidia 12 (2): 31-32
  • Razzetti, Edoardo; ROBERTO SINDACO, CRISTINA GRIECO, FRANCESCA PELLA, UGO ZILIANI, FABIO PUPIN, ELISA RISERVATO, DANIELE PELLITTERI-ROSA, LUCA BUTIKOFER, AHMED SAEED SULEIMAN, BADAR AWADH AL-ASEILY, CATERINA CARUGATI, ELEONORA BONCOMPAGNI & MAURO FAS 2011. Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia). Zootaxa 2826: 1–44 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, H. & Wranik, W. 2004. A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago. Fauna of Arabia 20: 505-534
  • Rösler, H. & Wranik, W. 2006. Die Gecko-Inseln. 2. Teil: Die tagaktiven Geckos der Gattung Pristurus RÜPPEL, 1835, vom Sokotra Archipel, Jemen (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Sauria 28 (4): 17-26 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. & Wranik,W. 1999. Beiträge zur Herpetologie der Republik Jemen. 5. Drei neue Gecko-Arten vom Sokotra-Archipel (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 50 (2): 249-265
  • Rösler, H.; Köhler, J. & Böhme, W. 2008. A new species of the diurnal gekkonid genus Pristurus Rüppell, 1835 from the Red Sea island Hanish al-Kabir, Yemen. Amphibia-Reptilia 29: 217-227 - get paper here
  • Rösler, Herbert and Wolfgang Wranik 2012. Observations on keeping and breeding the mangrove semaphore gecko, Pristurus obsti (Rosier and Wranik 1999). Gekko 6 (2): 14-22
  • Rösler,H. & Wranik,W. 2000. Die Geckofauna des Sokotra-Archipels (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 2: 20-27
  • Wranik,W. & Rösler,H. 2001. Bemerkungen zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie von Geckonen - 2. Untersuchungen zur Reproduktion von Pristurus obsti RÖSLER & WRANIK 1999 und Pristurus sokotranus PARKER 1938 im Vergleich zu anderen Geckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 125-182
 
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