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Ailuronyx tachyscopaeus GERLACH & CANNING, 1996

IUCN Red List - Ailuronyx tachyscopaeus - Near Threatened, NT
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAiluronyx tachyscopaeus GERLACH & CANNING 1996: 40
Ailuronyx seychellensis — HENKEL & ZOBEL 1987: 12 (part.)
Ailuronyx tachyscopaeus — RÖSLER 2000: 59 
DistributionSeychelles (Mahé, Praslin)

Type locality: La Reserve, Mahé.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1994.3109 (by original designation); paratype: BMNH 1907.10.15.54 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Small adult size (up to 84 mm snout-vent length); rostral not contacting nostril; snout tapering gradually; granular scales, small low cones; caudal scales regular, smooth with curved posterior margins; five supraorbital spines, the third directed posteriorly; 13-16 femoro-anal pores (Gerlach & Canning 1996). 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific name tachyscopaeus is a composite of tachys (Greek for swift) and scopaeus (Latinization of the Greek skopaios, meaning dwarf). This refers to the rapid movements and agility of the species in comparison to the more inactive A. seychellensis and to its original identification as a dwarf form of that species. 
References
  • Gerlach, J. & K. L. CANNING 1996. A new species of the Western Indian Ocean gecko Ailuronyx (Reptilia; Gekkonidae). The Herpetological Journal 6 (2): 37-42. - get paper here
  • Gerlach, Justin 2002. The Enigmatic Giant Bronze Gecko, Ailuronyx trachygaster, Part I: Identity. Gekko 3 (1): 29-38
  • Gerlach, Justin 2004. The Enigmatic Giant Bronze Gecko Ailuronyx trachygaster Part 2: Ecology. Gekko 4 (1): 8-14
  • Henkel, F.W. & Zobel, R. 1987. Zur Kenntnis des Bronzegeckos Ailuronyx seychellensis (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1836). Herpetofauna 9 (51): 12-14 - get paper here
  • Pawlowski, S. & Krämer, C. 2009. Zur Herpetologie des Vallée de Mai auf Praslin, Seychellen. Sauria 30 (4): 19-27 [2008] - get paper here
  • Rocha, Sara; Ana Perera, Nancy Bunbury, Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury and David J. Harris 2016. Speciation history and species-delimitation within the Seychelles Bronze geckos, Ailuronyx spp.: molecular and morphological evidence. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, DOI: 10.1111/bij.12895 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
 
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