Trigonodactylus pulcher (ANDERSON, 1896)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Beautiful Short-fingered Gecko
Synonym	Stenodactylus (Ceramodactylus) pulcher ANDERSON 1896: 19 Stenodactylus pulcher — SCHMIDT 1953: 256 Stenodactylus pulcher — WERMUTH 1965: 177 Stenodactylus pulcher — KLUGE 1993 Stenodactylus pulcher — RÖSLER 2000: 115 Stenodactylus pulcher — BAUER et al. 2013 Trigonodactylus pulcher — NAZAROV et la. 2018 Trigonodactylus pulcher — POLA et al. 2021
Distribution	Yemen Type locality: Hadramaut, Saudi-Arabia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 97.3.11.1/1946.8.23.38
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Fairly small, up to at least 47 mm from snout to vent; toes depressed with a lateral fringe of pointed scales and 7-9 scale-rows beneath the third toe of forefoot; rostral and upper labial scales reach nostril; preanal pores absent; cloacal tubercles in one or two rows; tail autotomy general; prefrontal projection absent; upper border of prootic not sloping downwards, with a process for attachment of the epipterygoid which is close to skull roof in the protracted skull; usually 26 presacral vertebrae, 5 nuchal ribs; usually 5 basal caudal vrrtebrae; clavicle not expanded [ARNOLD 1980: 381].
Comment	Synonymy: Nazarov et al. 2018 included Stenodactylus pulcher within their revalidated genus Trigonodactylus. However, they did not include pulcher in their phylogenetic analysis, despite the fact that DNA sequences are available. Distribution: not in Saudi-Arabia (Lukas Pola, pers. comm., 30 May 2021)
Etymology	Named after Latin “pulcher” = beautiful, handsome, fine, fair.
References	Anderson, John 1896. A Contribution to the Herpetology of Arabia, with a preliminary list of the reptiles and batrachians of Egypt. London, R. H. Porter, 124 pp. - get paper here Arnold E N 1980. Reptiles of Saudi Arabia. A review of the lizard genus Stenodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2: 368-404 Arnold, E. N. 1977. Little-known geckoes (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Arabia with descriptions of two new species from the Sultanate of Oman. The Scientific Results of the Oman Flora and Fauna Survey, 1975. Journal of Oman Studies, Special Report, (1):81—110 [1975] 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 Nazarov, Roman A.; DANIEL A. MELNIKOV, MEHDI RADJABIZADEH & NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV 2018. A new species of short-fingered geckos Stenodactylus (Squamata, Geckonidae) from South Iran with taxonomic notes on validity of the genus Trigonodactylus Hass, 1957. Zootaxa 4457 (1): 093–113 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Schmidt, K. P. 1953. Amphibians and reptiles of Yemen. Fieldiana Zoology 34: 253-261 . - get paper here Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here Steindachner, Franz 1903. Batrachier und Reptilien von Südarabien und Sokotra, gesammelt während der südarabischen Expedition der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Sitzungsb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-naturwiss. Kl., 112, Abt. 1: 7-14 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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