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Tropiocolotes yomtovi RIBEIRO-JUNIOR, TAMAR, MAZA, FLECKS, WAGNER, SHACHAM, CALVO, GENIEZ, CROCHET, KOCH, & MEIRI, 2022

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymTropiocolotes yomtovi RIBEIRO-JUNIOR, TAMAR, MAZA, FLECKS, WAGNER, SHACHAM, CALVO, GENIEZ, CROCHET, KOCH, & MEIRI 2022 
DistributionIsrael, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia

Type locality: Holland Park, Eilat, Israel (29.57° N, 34.96° E)  
ReproductionOviparous; 1 egg per clutch (RIBEIRO-JUNIOR et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: TAU.R 19032, adult female collected by Shai Meiri on 27 March 2019.
Paratypes: TAU.R 19033, male, same collection details as the holotype; BEV 10886, male collected by P. Geniez and G. Geniez on 28 March 2010, at ‘Piste du Bait Ali Camp’, W of Wadi Rum, Jordan (29.69° N, 35.43° E); CAS 148526–27, males, collected by J. Gasperetti on 15 June 1978, at Haql, Saudi Arabia (29.30° N, 34.95°E); BMNH1978.368, male, collected by J. Gasperetti on 15 June 1978, at Haql, Saudi Arabia (29.30° N, 34.95° E); NMP6V 71082, collected in 1998, at Aqaba, Jordan (29.56°N, 35.03° E). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Tropiocolotes yomtovi is distinguished from all other species of Tropiocolotes by the combination of the following characters: (1) unicarinate lamellae under fingers and toes; (2) mean snout–vent length = 22.24 mm; (3) mean axilla–groin length = 10.20 mm; (4) mean head length = 6.17 mm; (5) mean lower arm length = 3.56 mm; (6) mean shank length = 4.24 mm; (7) mean number of interorbital scales = 15.31; (8) mean number of supralabials = 9.05; (9) mean number of infralabials = 7.69; (10) mean number of gular scales = 31.98; (11) mean number of lamellae under fourth fingers = 12.71; and (12) mean number of lamellae under fourth toes = 16.24. (RIBEIRO-JUNIOR et al. 2022)


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CommentDiet: The diet is composed of tiny arthropods. 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case honouring Yoram Yom-Tov (born 1938), the former curator of terrestrial vertebrates at the Tel Aviv University Zoological Museum (now the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University), a superb zoologist, teacher, mentor and colleague, who introduced some of us to these marvellous tiny geckos. 
References
  • Ribeiro-Júnior, M. A., Tamar, K., Maza, E., Flecks, M., Wagner, P., Shacham, B., Calvo, M., Geniez, P., Crochet, P.-A., Koch, C., & Meiri, S. 2022. Taxonomic revision of the Tropiocolotes nattereri (Squamata, Gekkonidae) species complex, with the description of a new species from Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Zoologica Scripta, 00, 1–22 - 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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