Tropiocolotes nubicus BAHA EL DIN, 1999
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | |
Synonym | Tropiocolotes nubicus BAHA EL DIN 1999: 18 Tropiocolotes nubicus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Tropiocolotes nubicus — MACHADO et al. 2020 |
Distribution | Algeria, Egypt (along the Nile valley), N Sudan (Jumhūriyyat)
Type locality: Abu Simbel, Egypt (22° 22’ N, 31° 38’ E)
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Type: FMNH 256865, adult male |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Can be confused with T. steudneri which occurs sympatrically.
Distribution: See map in Machado et al. 2020 (Fig. 1). |
Etymology | Named after the type locality, in the region of Nubia. |
References |
- Baha el Din, S. 2006. A guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo. xvi + 359 pp.
- Baha EL DIN, S. M. 1999. A new species of Tropiocolotes (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Egypt. Zoology in the Middle East 19: 17-26. - get paper here
- Machado, Luís, Daniele Salvi, D James Harris, José C Brito, Pierre-André Crochet, Philippe Geniez, Faraham Ahmadzadeh, and Salvador Carranza. 2020. Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution of the Saharo-Arabian Naked-Toed Geckos Genus Tropiocolotes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: 106969 [print 2021] - get paper here
- Rouag R, Ziane N, De Sousa M 2024. A tentative list of reptilian fauna of Algeria and their conservation status. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e120471 - get paper here
- Schlüter, U. 2004. Zwerggeckos (Tropiocolotes PETERS 1880) aus Nordafrika - Lebensräume, Verhalten, Pflege und Nachzucht. Draco 5 (18): 52-58 - get paper here
- Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - 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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