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Tropiocolotes algericus LOVERIDGE, 1947

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Algerian Sand Gecko
G: Algerischer Zwerggecko 
SynonymTropiocolotes tripolitanus algericus LOVERIDGE 1947: 56
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus algericus — WERMUTH 1965: 185
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus algericus — PAPENFUSS 1969: 292
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus algericus — JOHANN 1981
Tropiocolotes algericus — BAHA EL DIN 2001
Tropiocolotes occidentalis algericus — SCHLÜTER 2004
Tropiocolotes algericus — GENIEZ et al. 2004
Tropiocolotes algericus — PADIAL 2006
Tropiocolotes algericus — WILMS et al. 2010
Tropiocolotes algericus — MACHADO et al. 2020 
DistributionN Algeria (south of the Atlas mountains), Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia, Western Sahara

Type locality: Kenadsa, south of Colomb Bechar, west Algeria.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 27485, adult female 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: see key in Loveridge 1947: 51.


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CommentDistribution: See map in Machado et al. 2020 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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  • Bauer, A.M. & Günther,R. 1991. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Zoological Museum , Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 67: 279-310 - get paper here
  • Bons, J. 1959. Les lacertiliens du sud-ouest Marocain; systematique, repartition geographique, ethologie, ecologie. Instit. Sci. Cherifien, Rabat, Trav. (Ser. Zool.) no. 18 130 pp.
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  • Boulenger, George A. 1891. Catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians of Barbary (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), based chiefly upon the notes and collections made in 1880-1884 by M. Fernand Lataste. Tr. Zool. Soc. 13: 93-164
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  • Kolodziej, K. & Cenker, C. 2010. Unterwegs im Schmelztiegel der Arten - Herping in Marokko. Elaphe 2020 (3): 14-25
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  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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