| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Rosy-tailed Sandstone gecko |
| Synonym | Tenuidactylus rhodocaudus BAIG 1998
Cyrtopodion (Tenuidactylus) rhodocaudus — RÖSLER 2000: 75
Tenuidactylus rhodocaudus — KHAN 2003
Indogekko rhodocaudus — KHAN 2003
Indogekko rhodocaudus — KRYSKO et al. 2007
Cyrtopodion rhodocaudum — FROST 2007 (pers. comm.)
Cyrtopodion rhodocaudus — RÖSLER & GLAW 2009
Cyrtopodion rhodocauda — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Indogekko rhodocaudus — KHAN 2008
Cyrtopodion (Tenuidactylus) rhodocaudum — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Cyrtopodion (Indogekko) rhodocauda — BAUER et al. 2013
Tenuidactylus rhodocaudus — NAZAROV & POYARKOV 2013
Indogekko rhodocaudus — KHAN 2017 |
| Distribution | Pakistan (Baluchistan)
Type locality: Tanishpa (31° 12’ N, 68° 28’ E), District Kila Saifullah, Balochistan, Toba Kakar Range, Pakistan, elevation 2329 m.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: PMNH 749, an adult male. Collected by K. J. Baig. 25 May, 1997. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Habitus robust; 12-14 longitudinal rows of smooth or feebly keeled, enlarged tubercles; nostril surrounded by rostral, supralabiall and three nasals; upper nasals separated by a single internasal; 16-18 scales across midbelly; 92-106 midventral scales between mental and vent; males with continuous series of 23 preano-femoral pores; lateral digital fringes absent; females with five to nine preanal pores; tail segmented, with two rows of spinose tubercles on the lateral aspects and is banded with pink and black in life. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Latin for rosy-tailed, in allusion to the pink bands on the tail. Noun in apposition |
| References |
- Baig, K. J. 1998. A new species of Tenuidactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Balochistan, Pakistan. Hamadryad 23 (2): 127-132. - 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
- Khan, M.S. 2003. Questions of generic designation of angular-toed geckos of Pakistan with descriptions of three new genera (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). J. nat. hist. Wildl. 2 (2): 1-9
- Khan, M.S. 2003. Anmerkungen zur Morphologie, Verbreitung und den Habitatpräferenzen einiger pakistanischer Geckos. Sauria 25 (3): 35-47 [erratum in 25 (4): 27] - get paper here
- Khan, M.S. 2003. CHECKLIST AND KEY TO THE LIZARDS OF PAKISTAN. Pakistan J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. (1): 1-25 - get paper here
- Khan, Muhamad Sharif. 2008. Biology and distribution of geckos of genus Indogekko Khan, 2003 (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 15 (2):87-92 - get paper here
- Khan, Muhammad Sharif 2005. An Overview of the Angular-toed Geckos of Pakistan (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Gekko 4 (2): 20-30
- Krysko, K. L.; Rehman, H. & Auffenberg, K. 2007. A new species of Cyrtopodion (Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) from Pakistan. Herpetologica 63 (1): 100-113 - get paper here
- Nazarov, R. A.; N. A. Poyarkov 2013. A TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE GENUS TENUIDACTYLUS SZCZERBAK ET GOLUBEV 1984 (REPTILIA, SQUAMATA, GEKKONIDAE) WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM CENTRAL ASIA. [in Russian]. ЗООЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ ЖУРНАЛ 92 (11): 1312–1332 - get paper here
- Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
- Rösler, Herbert and Frank Glaw. 2009. Morphologische Variation von Cyrtopodion kachhense (Stoliczka, 1872), C. scabrum (Heyden, 1827) und C. watsoni (Murray, 1892) (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) aus Belutschistan (Pakistan). Sauria 30 (4):11-18 [2008] - get paper here
- 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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