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Tropiocolotes somalicus PARKER, 1942

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Parker’s Pigmy Gecko
G: Parkers Zwerggecko 
SynonymTropiocolotes tripolitanus somalicus PARKER 1942
Tropiocolotes somalicus PARKER 1942: 46
Tropiocolotes somalicus — LANZA 1990
Tropiocolotes somalicus — SCHLÜTER 2004
Tropiocolotes somalicus — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 344
Tropiocolotes somalicus — MACHADO et al. 2020 
DistributionSomalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia

Type locality: 10°20’N 42°50’E, 3000 feet elevation, Ethiopia-Somali border  
Reproductionoviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1937.12.5.693/1946.8.23.55 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: Records of T. somalicus for Egypt (BAHA EL DIN 1998) are based on specimens now referred to another species, Tropiocolotes bisharicus (BAHA EL DIN, 2001). See map in Machado et al. 2020 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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  • Bauer, A.M. & Günther,R. 1991. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum , Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 67: 279-310 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1891. Catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians of Barbary (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), based chiefly upon the notes and collections made in 1880-1884 by M. Fernand Lataste. Tr. Zool. Soc. 13: 93-164
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  • Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here
  • Machado, Luís, Daniele Salvi, D James Harris, José C Brito, Pierre-André Crochet, Philippe Geniez, Faraham Ahmadzadeh, and Salvador Carranza. 2020. Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution of the Saharo-Arabian Naked-Toed Geckos Genus Tropiocolotes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: 106969 [print 2021] - get paper here
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