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Pristurus carteri (GRAY, 1863)

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesPristurus carteri tuberculatus PARKER 1931
Pristurus carteri carteri (GRAY 1863) 
Common NamesE: Carter's Rock Gecko 
SynonymSpatalura carteri GRAY 1863: 236
Spatalura carteri GRAY 1864: 249
Pristurus carteri — BOULENGER 1885: 55
Pristurus carteri — KLUGE 1993
Pristurus carteri — RÖSLER 2000: 106

Pristurus carteri tuberculatus PARKER 1931
Pristurus carteri tuberculatus — LOVERIDGE 1947: 73
Pristurus carteri tuberculatus — WERMUTH 1965: 149
Pristurus carteri tuberculatus — DE LISLE et al. 2013

Pristurus carteri carteri (GRAY 1863)
Pristurus carteri carteri — PARKER 1931: 515
Pristurus carteri carteri — LOVERIDGE 1947: 73
Pristurus carteri carteri — WERMUTH 1965: 149
Pristurus carteri carteri — DE LISLE et al. 2013 
DistributionSaudi Arabia (Masirah), Oman, Yemen, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

tuberculatus: coastal areas of Dhufar; Type locality: Ain al Rizat, Milwah Alaud (220 feet elevation), Sahalnaut (350 feet elevation).

Type locality: Massera (= Masirah Island), east cost of Arabia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesTypes: BMNH 1862.6.6.1-2 (and possibly additional specimens).
Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.25.15-16 [tuberculatus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The largest member of the Pristurus carteri group (up to 60 mm from snout to vent in many populations but sometimes up to 78 mm); snout elongated, rounded or bluntly pointed; mental not markedly shorter than rostral and lips not turned downwards anteriorly; axillary mite pockets may be large to absent; enlarged tubercles on flanks are sometimes quite well developed; 10-12 lamellae under first hind toe, 18-22 beneath fourth. Tailless than 90% of snout-vent distance, often considerably, its upper crest at least partly heterogeneous and sometimes strongly so, the tip often rounded; autotomy and regeneration almost always taking place only at the base. Usually no large dark spots on sides of throat, which may be generally dark; dark collar absent or at most very weakly indicated; six, sometimes seven dark areas on the back from neck to vent, which may be divided, one at level of forelegs and three or four between the fore and hind limbs. Supraoccipital area of skull approaching the vertical [ARNOLD 1986]. 
CommentSubspecies: Pristurus carteri collaris has been elevated to species status.

Type species: Spatalura carteri GRAY 1863 is the type species of the genus Spatalura GRAY 1863. Spatalura was synonymised with Pristurus by BOULENGER (1885).

Distribution: See map in Burriel-Carranza et al. 2019 for map in UAE. 
Etymologynamed after Henry J. Carter F. R. S, surgeon on the ship "Palinurus" which surveyed the southern Arabian coast in 1844-46 (ANDERSON 1896), and who collected the types. 
References
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  • Arnold E N 1986. New species of semaphore gecko (Pristurus: Gekkonidae) from Arabia and Socotra. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 352-377
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