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Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus (BOETTGER, 1874)

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Atlas Day Gecko
G: Atlas-Taggecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus trachyblepharus BOETTGER 1873: 138
Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus — BOULENGER 1885: 34
Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus — LOVERIDGE 1936: 48
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — LOVERIDGE 1947: 67
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — WERMUTH 1965: 157
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — ARNOLD 1990: 759
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — KLUGE 1993
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 246
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 
DistributionSW Morocco (Mogador/Atlas Mountains; elevation 1200 to 4000 m)

Type locality: Djebel Hadid, near Mogador, Morocco.  
Reproductionoviparous; the reproductive period for the geckos is from March to June (Bouazza et al., 2016). 
TypesHolotype: SMF 8201 (fide Arnold 1990); oher types: BMNH 1946.8.20.4 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Usually 24 or 25 presacral vertebrae (91% of cases, n =46); proximal autotomic caudal vertebrae with long, backwardly directed transverse processes (Fig. 2); first upper labial scale usually reaching nostril, or only separated by a narrow rim, and often fused to lower postnasal scale (Fig. 1); cloacal tubercles large and prominent, especially in males;
Coloration and sexual dimorphism: strong sexual dichromatism, males being pale with many red or dark brownish spots that are often more frequent or darker, or both, on the flanks and sides of the neck, and frequently the head as well; females dark brownish or greyish with darker markings that often form longitudinal series; no prominent spots in shoulder area; dark colouring on posterior underside of males not extending to lower hind limbs. (Arnold 1990)


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CommentType species: Gymnodactylus trachyblepharus BOETTGER 1873 is the type species of the genus Quedenfeldtia BOETTGER 1883.

Variation: Orange, yellow, and white variants were found in approximately equal proportions in both sexes, and in juveniles and adults (Blouin-Demers et al. 2013).

Elevation: Maybe the gecko with the highest vertical distribution.

Sympatry: Above 2500 m: Atlantolacerta andreanszkyi. Below 2500 m: Podarcis vaucheri, Scelarcis perspicillata, Tarentola mauritanica, Psammodromus algirus, Timon tangitanus and Agama impalearis (Bons & Geniez, 1996; Schleich et al., 1996). 
References
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  • Avella, Ignazio; Nahla Lucchini, Urtzi Enriquez-Urzelai, Frederico Corga & Fernando Martínez-Freiría 2019. New records for the reptile fauna of the Tichka plateau (western High Atlas, Morocco). Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Esp. 30 (2) - get paper here
  • Barata, Mafalda; Ana Perera, D. James Harris, Arie van der Meijden, Salvador Carranza, Francisco Ceacero, Enrique García-Muñoz, Duarte Gonçalves, Sérgio Henriques, Fátima Jorge, Jonathan C. Marshall, Luis Pedrajas and Pedro Sousa 2011. New observations of amphibians and reptiles in Morocco, with a special emphasis on the eastern region. Herpetological Bulletin (116): 4 - get paper here
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