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Pristurus phillipsii BOULENGER, 1895

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Somai Rock Gecko 
SynonymPristurus phillipsii BOULENGER 1895: 165
Pristurus phillipsii — LOVERIDGE 1947: 82
Pristurus phillipsii — WERMUTH 1965: 150
Pristurus phillipsii — KLUGE 1993
Pristurus phillipsii — RÖSLER 2000: 106 
DistributionSomalia (Goolis Mountains), Ethiopia

Type locality: Goolis Mountains, 60 miles inwards of Berbera, Somalia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.24.83, male 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (917 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentPristurus somalicus PARKER 1932 has been removed form synonymy of Pristurus phillipsii by ARNOLD 1993. 
EtymologyNamed after Ethelbert Lort Phillips (1857-ca. 1926), a British traveler, hunter, and collector who shot big game in many parts of the world. He traveled in East Africa (1884-1895) and explored parts of Somaliland (now Somalia). 
References
  • Arnold, E.N. 2009. Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology. Zootaxa 2060: 1-21 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1895. On the reptiles and batrachians obtained by Mr. E. Lort-Phillips in Somaliland. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 16: 165-169 - get paper here
  • Calabresi, Enrica 1915. Contributo alla conoscenza dei rettili della Somalia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano (supplemento), 28:234—247. - get paper here
  • Gans, C.; LAURENT, R.F. & PANDIT, H. 1965. Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr., Sér. 8vo, Tervuren, (80) Zool., (134): 1-93
  • Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here
  • Mazuch, Tomáš 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Tomáš Mazuch Publishing, 80 pp. ISBN: 978-80-905439-0-4 - get paper here
  • Parker, H. W. 1942. The lizards of British Somaliland. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 1—101 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • 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
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
 
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