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Pristurus crucifer (VALENCIENNES, 1861)

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cross-marked Semaphore Gecko, Valenciennes Rock Gecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus crucifer VALENCIENNES 1861
Pristurus crucifer — BOULENGER 1885: 55
Pristurus crucifer — TORNIER 1905: 367
Pristurus stefaninii CALABRESI 1927: 21
Pristurus stefaninii — SCORTECCI 1931
Pristurus crucifer laticephalus SCORTECCI 1933 (fide LOVERIDGE 1947)
Pristurus crucifer — KLUGE 1993
Pristurus crucifer — RÖSLER 2000: 106
Pristurus crucifer — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 330
Pristurus crucifer — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 71 
DistributionSW Saudi Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Ethiopia, NE Kenya

Type locality: Ethiopia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.8.20.28 (and possibly additional specimens).
Paratype: MSNM (Milano) [stefaninii] 
Diagnosis 
CommentPristurus longipes PETERS 1871 has been treated as synonym of Pristurus crucifer previously.

Records from Socotra Island (STEINDACHNER 1903) may be based on misidentification of P. sokotranus which is very variable in coloration and patterning (LOVERIDGE 1947 and WRANIK & RÖSLER 2000).

Sexual dimorphism: “Bei dieser Art besteht ausgesprochener Geschlechtsdimorphismus, da bei den erwachsenen Männchen der Schwanz auf der Ober- und Unterseite gut gekielt ist, während er bei den Weibchen rundlich oder nur oben gekielt ist, was auch bei jungen Männchen der Fall zu sein scheint.” (Tornier 1905: 367). 
References
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