Tropiocolotes confusus MACHADO, SMÍD, MAZUCH, SINDACO, SHUKAILI, CARRANZA, 2018
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Tropiocolotes confusus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Tropiocolotes confusus MACHADO, ŠMÍD, MAZUCH, SINDACO, SHUKAILI, CARRANZA 2018 Tropiocolotes scorteccii — ARNOLD 1980: 289 (part) Tropiocolotes scorteccii — ARNOLD 1986: 423 (part) Tropiocolotes scorteccii — VAN DER KOOIJ 2000: 119 (part.) Tropiocolotes scorteccii — BAHA EL DIN 2001: 47 (part.) Tropiocolotes scorteccii — SINDACO & JEREMCENKO 2008: 140 (part.) Tropiocolotes scorteccii — KRAUSE et al., 2013: 23 (part.) Tropiocolotes scorteccii — GARDNER 2013: 210 (part.) Tropiocolotes sp. — CARRANZA et al. 2018: (S2 Appendix, 47) Tropiocolotes confusus — MACHADO et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Oman (Dhofar) Type locality: Mughsayl, Dhofar, Oman, 16.879N, 53.774E WGS84, alt. 12 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: NMP 6V 74272/2 (sample code OM113), male, collected on the 4 April 2010 by Jirı Smıd (MorphoBank P1260: M340162-67). Paratypes: NMP 6V 74272/1 (sample code OM114), male, same collecting data as holotype (MorphoBank P1260: M340169-74); NMP6V 75045 (sample code TMHC406), female, from West of Mughsayl, Dhofar, Oman, 16.884N, 53.773E WGS84, alt. 21 m a.s.l., collected on the 24 September 2013 by Tomas Mazuch (MorphoBank P1260: M340053– 101). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small Tropiocolotes characterized by the following combination of morphological characters: (i) maximum recorded snout-vent length (SVL) 25.66 mm (23.59 +/- 1.18); (ii) robust body with relatively broad head (HW/HL = 0.65 +/- 0.07) and round short snout (Figure 6e in Machado et al. 2018); (iii) dorsal and ventral scales on head, body, extremities, and tail imbricate and strongly keeled (one keel on each scale), dorsals larger than ventrals (Figure 6g,i; Table S6); (iv) digits not dilated, covered below by a series of transverse tricarinated subdigital scales; (v) two pairs of postmental scales, 7–9/8–10 lower labials and 8–11/9–10 upper labials (left/right), 10–15 interorbitals; (vi) five wide dark-brown transverse bands, one on neck, three on trunk, and one just behind the hind limbs (Figure 6a,c); (vii) a wide dark-brown temporal stripe from behind the eyes, through the ear opening (avoiding its anterior part; see Figure 6a,e), and to the level of the forelimbs (Figure 6a); and (viii) 6–8 dark brown transverse bands on tail (Figure 6c). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3423 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: See map in Machado et al. 2020 (Fig. 1). |
| Etymology | The species epithet confusus is a Latin adjective that refers to the history of recurrent confusion by different authors between this new species and T. scorteccii. |
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