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Tropiocolotes bisharicus BAHA EL DIN, 2001

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Bishari-Zwerggecko 
SynonymTropiocolotes bisharicus BAHA EL DIN 2001: 48
Tropiocolotes bisharicus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Tropiocolotes bisharicus — MACHADO et al. 2020 
DistributionSE Egypt, proabably Sudan (Jumhūriyyat)

Type locality: Wadi El Rada, Gebel Hamata, Egypt (24° 15’ N, 35° 14’ E).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 257863, adult female 
Diagnosis 
CommentCan be confused with T. somalicus.

Distribution: See map in Machado et al. 2020 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyNamed after the Bishari tribesmen, who live in SE Egypt and NE Sudan, in the same region as this species. 
References
  • Baha el Din, S. 2006. A guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo. xvi + 359 pp.
  • Baha El Din, S. M. 2001. A synopsis of African and South Arabian geckos of the genus Tropiocolotes (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), with a description of a new species from Egypt. Zoology in the Middle East 22: 45-56 - get paper here
  • Machado, Luís, Daniele Salvi, D James Harris, José C Brito, Pierre-André Crochet, Philippe Geniez, Faraham Ahmadzadeh, and Salvador Carranza. 2020. Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution of the Saharo-Arabian Naked-Toed Geckos Genus Tropiocolotes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: 106969 [print 2021] - get paper here
  • Milto, Konstantin D.; Samy A. Saber, Abdullah M. Nagy, Roman A. Nazarov, Daniel A. Melnikov, Natalia B. Ananjeva 2019. First Report on the Reptile Diversity of Wadi El Gemal National Park, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Russ. J. Herpetol. 26 (3): 175-184 - get paper here
  • Schlüter, U. 2004. Zwerggeckos (Tropiocolotes PETERS 1880) aus Nordafrika - Lebensräume, Verhalten, Pflege und Nachzucht. Draco 5 (18): 52-58 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
 
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