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Stenodactylus yemenensis ARNOLD, 1980

IUCN Red List - Stenodactylus yemenensis - Least Concern, LC

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yemen Short-fingered Gecko 
SynonymStenodactylus yemenensis ARNOLD 1980
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus — KLUGE 1993
Stenodactylus yemenensis — RÖSLER 2000: 115
Stenodactylus yemenensis — FUJITA & PAPENFUSS 2011 
DistributionSW Saudia Arabia, W Yemen

Type locality: 90 miles east of Aden  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1953.1.6.67, Paratypes: BMNH, FMNH 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Medium-sized, up to 60 mm from snout to vent; toes not depressed, at most weakly fringed, with 3-5 scale-rows beneath; rostral and first upper labial scale reach nostril which is directed forwards, outwards and upwards; preanal pores usually present; cloacal tubercles in a single row; autotomy restricted to tail-base; no prefrontal projection; upper border of prootic not obviously sloping downwards; epipterygoid close to skull roof in protracted skull; 26 presacral vertebrae; 5 pairs of nuchal ribs; usually 5 basal caudal vertebrae; clavicle expanded. Similar to S. sthenodactylus but distinguished by higher number of scale rows beneath digits and by consistently having 26 presacral vertebrae and, usually, femoral pores. S. slevini which may contact S. yemenensis, differs in typically having the first upper labial separated from the nostril, finer body scaling (often over 115 scales around mid-body), a strong prefrontal projection, upper border of prootic sloping strongly downwards, epipterygoid well separated from skull roof in protracted skull, usually 25 presacral vertebrae and 6 pairs of nuchal ribs [ARNOLD 1980]. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Arnold E N 1980. Reptiles of Saudi Arabia. A review of the lizard genus Stenodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2: 368-404
  • BAUER, AARON M.; RAFAQAT MASROOR, JAMES TITUS-MCQUILLAN, MATTHEW P. HEINICKE,, JUAN D. DAZA & TODD R. JACKMAN 2013. A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3599 (4): 301–324 - get paper here
  • Fujita, Matthew K. and Theodore J. Papenfuss 2011. Molecular systematics of Stenodactylus (Gekkonidae), an Afro-Arabian gecko species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58 (1): 71-75 - get paper here
  • Kluge A G 1993. Gekkonoid Lizard Taxonomy. International Gecko Society, San Diego, 245 pp.
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schätti, B. & Gasperetti, J. 1994. A contribution to the herpetofauna of Southwest Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 348-423
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
 
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