Pristurus mazbah AL-SAFADI, 1989
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Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Synonym | Pristurus mazbah AL-SAFADI 1989 Pristurus mazbah — RÖSLER et al. 2008 |
Distribution | Yemen
Type locality: Mazbah area, 15° 20’ N, 44° 10’ E, 2130 m elevation, Yemen Arab Republic.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NHCY (given as Museum of Biology Department, Sana’a University); paratypes: Sana’a, Florence |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Closely related to P. saada, if not identical (SINDACO & JEREMCENKO 2008)
Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
References |
- Al-Safadi, M.M. 1989. A new species of semaphore gecko (Pristurus: Gekkonidae) from Yemen Arab Republic. Proc. Egypt. Acad. Sci. 39: 9-15.
- Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
- Rösler, H.; Köhler, J. & Böhme, W. 2008. A new species of the diurnal gekkonid genus Pristurus Rüppell, 1835 from the Red Sea island Hanish al-Kabir, Yemen. Amphibia-Reptilia 29: 217-227 - 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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