Cyrtopodion scabrum

Cyrtopodion scabrum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtopodion
Species:	C. scabrum
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion scabrum (Heyden, 1827)
Synonyms [2]
Stenodactylus scaber Heyden, 1827 Gymnodactylus scaber — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836 Cyrtodactylus scaber — Underwood, 1954 Cyrtodactylus basoglui Baran & Gruber, 1982 Cyrtopodion scaber — Kluge, 1985 Tenuidactylus scaber — Szczerbak & Golubev, 1986 Cyrtopodion scabrum — Crother, 2000

Cyrtopodion scabrum, also known as the rough-tailed gecko, rough bent-toed gecko, rough-tailed bowfoot gecko, common tuberculate ground gecko, or keeled gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to West Asia, South Asia and parts of North Africa. ^[1]

Taxonomy

Cyrtopodion basoglui is considered conspecific with Cyrtopodion scabrum. Because Cyrtopodion scabrum was originally described in 1827 and Cyrtodactylus basoglui was described in 1982, Cyrtodactylus basoglui is a junior synonym of Cyrtopodion scabrum.

Geographic range

C. scabrum is found in West Asia (Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen), South Asia (Afghanistan, India and Pakistan) and parts of North Africa (Egypt and Sudan, though the latter's origin is uncertain). ^[1] It is possibly extinct in Eritrea, though its origin is uncertain in this region, and an introduced population is present in Iran and the United States (Texas). ^[1]

As an introduced species

In the United States, C. scabrum has been introduced in Arizona and Texas. A breeding population has been established in Galveston, Texas, in the area of the commercial shipping docks. ^[3]

References

1. Els, J.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Nilson, G.; Sevinç, M.; Tok, C.V.; Werner, Y.L.; Disi, A.M.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Baha El Din, S.; Papenfuss, T. (2021). "Cyrtopodion scabrum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T164748A1072727. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164748A1072727.en . Retrieved 21 February 2022.
2. "Cyrtopodion scabrum ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 plates, 207 figures. ISBN   978-0-544-12997-9. (Cyrtopodion scabrum, p. 259 + Plate 23).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Gymnodactylus scaber, pp. 27–28).
• Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN   0-88359-056-5. (Cyrtopodion scabrum, p. 92).
• Heyden CHG von (1827). "Reptilien ". pp. 1–24. In: Rüppell E. Atlas zur der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Erste Abtheilung, Zoologie. Frankfurt am Main: H.L. Brönner. 622 pp. (Stenodactylus scaber, new species, pp. 15–17 + Plate 4, figure 2). (in German and Latin).
• Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Die postanale Beschuppung bei Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 und Cyrtopodion Fitzinger 1843 - funktionelle und taxonomische Aspekte (Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Gekkota2: 154–207. (in German).

External links

• Cyrtopodion scabrum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database