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Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus (BOETTGER, 1874)

IUCN Red List - Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus - Near Threatened, NT
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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Sauria (lizards: geckos) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Atlas Day Gecko
G: Atlas-Taggecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus trachyblepharus BOETTGER 1873: 138
Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus — BOULENGER 1885: 34
Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus — LOVERIDGE 1936: 48
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — LOVERIDGE 1947: 67
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — WERMUTH 1965: 157
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — KLUGE 1993
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 246
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — SINDACO & JEREMCENKO 2008 
DistributionSW Morocco (Mogador/Atlas Mountains; elevation 1200 to 4000 m)

Type locality: Djebel Hadid, near Mogador, Morocco. Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
Types 
CommentType species: Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus BOETTGER 1873 is the type species of the genus Quedenfeldtia BOETTGER 1883.

Maybe the gecko with the highest vertical distribution. Max. SVL: 40 mm, max tail length 57 mm. 
References
  • Arnold,E.N. 1990. The two species of Moroccan day geckoes, Quedenfeldtia (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 31: 189-248
  • Barts, M. & Hulbert, F. 2004. Die Geckos der Welt. Draco 5 (18): 4-17 - get paper here
  • Boettger, O. 1874. Reptilien von Marocco und von den canarischen Inseln. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 9: 121-191 [1873] - get paper here
  • Boettger, O. 1883. Die Reptilien und Amphibien von Marocco. II. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. 13: 93-146
  • 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
  • Knappe, C.M. 2005. Beobachtung eines Rivalenkampfes bei Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus im Hohen Atlas. Elaphe 13 (1): 64-68
  • Loveridge,A. 1936. African reptiles and amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, 22 (1): 1-122 - 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
  • Malkmus, R. 1981. Zur vertikalen Verbreitung einiger marokkanischer Amphibien und Reptilien (Oukaïmeden - Hoher Atlas). Salamandra 17 (1/2): 206-207
  • Malkmus, R. 1983. Herpetologische Exkursionen im Hohen Atlas/Marokko. Herpetofauna 5 (27): 8-12 - get paper here
  • Schleich,H.H., Kästle,W., Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp.
  • Schlüter, U. 2005. Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus (BOETTGER, 1874) - Atlas-Taggecko. Reptilia (Münster) 10 (54): 51-53 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp.
 
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