Tropiocolotes tassiliensis RIBEIRO-JUNIOR, KOCH, FLECKS, CALVO & MEIRI, 2022
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Tropiocolotes tassiliensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Tropiocolotes tassiliensis RIBEIRO-JUNIOR, KOCH, FLECKS, CALVO & MEIRI 2022 |
| Distribution | SE Algeria (Hoggar Plateau: Hoggar and Tassili n’Ajjer mountain ranges) Type locality: 3 km E of Tamanrasset on road to Adriane, Algeria (22.79N, 5.56E). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CAS 138662, adult female, collected by T. Papenfuss, R. Drewes, and E. Morris, on 18 May 1974. Paratypes (n = 7): MNHN-RA-0.9016, juvenile male, collected by H. Lhote, at Initinen, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria (25.818N, 8.138E); MNHN-RA-1932.119–20, adults, male and female respectively, collected at Amguid, Algeria (26.428N, 5.378E); ZFMK 2352, juvenile, collected in 1914 by H. Frhr. Geyr v. Schweppenburg, at Oued Amra, Algeria (25.008N, 5.508E); ZFMK 2353, juvenile male, collected on 22 January 1914 by H. Frhr. Geyr v. Schweppenburg, at Hoggar, Ti-n-Sig, Algeria (28.078N, 6.058E); ZFMK 19853, adult female, collected on 15 October 1976 by U. Joger and J. Joger, at 15 km south of Terhenanet, Algeria (23.058N, 5.438E); ZFMK 33839, adult female, collected on 20 December 1980 by U. Joger and J. Joger, at 90 km south of In Salah, Algeria (26.528N, 3.048E). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Tropiocolotes tassiliensis sp. nov. is distinguished from all other species of Tropiocolotes by the combination of the following characters: 1) smooth dorsal and ventral scales; 2) two pairs of postmental scales; 3) 30–38 gular scales; 4) 46–53 scales around midbody; 5) 51–59 dorsal scales; 6) wide transverse or oblique brown bands on dorsal surface of head and body; 7) 10–11 premaxillary tooth loci; 8) 28–31 maxillary tooth loci; 9) 33–37 dentary tooth loci; 10) small premaxilla-maxilla aperture; 11) transverse posterior margin of frontal almost straight, or slightly rounded medially, forming a slightly sinuous suture with the parietal; 12) anteriormost part of septomaxilla in contact with maxilla and vomer; 13) medial margin of pterygoid palatine process slightly concavely curved; 14) laterally pointing shaft of stapes straight; 15) crista alaris of prootic large, rounded, or triangular; 16) mental foramina of dentary located between 3rd/4th and 23rd/24th tooth (Ribeiro-Júnior et al. 2022). |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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