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Stenodactylus stenurus WERNER, 1899

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymStenodactylus stenurus WERNER 1899: 16
Stenodactylus stenurus — KRATOCHVIL et al. 2001
Stenodactylus stenurus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Stenodactylus stenurus — FUJITA & PAPENFUSS 2011 
DistributionNE Algeria ?, Tunisia and NW Libya

Type locality: "Meraier" (= Meraieur), north of Touggourt, Algeria [= Tuggourth, fide TIEDEMANN et al. 1994]  
Reproductionoviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesSyntype: NMW 17281:1 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (997 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: S. stenurus has been synonymized with S. petrii by LOVERIDGE 1947 but is treated as a valid species by more recent authors.

Werner 1899 describes Stenodactylus stenurus as a pet gecko that he kept until a Coronella amaliae (= Coronella girondica), kept in a separate terrarium, escaped and reached the terrarium with the Stenodactylus, and ate it (together with a Lacerta laevis and an Eremias guttulata). Werner found the snake the next day in place of the lizards. Werner mentions 13 specimens but not why he used the eaten specimen for his description or whether any of the other 12 were kept alive.

Distribution: records from Algeria are uncertain, due to unresolved taxonomy (fide Rachid Rouag, pers. comm., 8 May 2024). 
EtymologyApparently named after Greek stenos = narrow, for the thin legs and tail, Latinized to stenurus. 
References
  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Jonathan C. DeBoer , Dylan J. Taylor 2017. Atlas of the Reptiles of Libya. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 64 (8): 155-318 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Kratochvil, L.; Frynta, D. & Moravec, J. 2001. A third Stenodactylus in Africa: Return of the forgotten Stenodactylus stenurus. Israel J. Zool. 47 (2): 99-109 - 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
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
  • Werner, F. 1899. Allerlei aus dem Kriechtierleben in Käfig Il. Der Zoologische Garten 40: 12-24. - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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