Steudner's dwarf gecko

Steudner's dwarf gecko
	Tropiocolotes steudneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Tropiocolotes
Species:	T. steudneri
Binomial name
	Tropiocolotes steudneri; (W. Peters, 1869)
Synonyms
	Gymnodactylus steudneri; W. Peters, 1869; Stenodactylus petersii; Boulenger, 1885; Gymnodactylus steudneri; — Boulenger, 1885; Tropiocolotes steudneri; — Boulenger, 1891;

Last updated March 17, 2023

Steudner's dwarf gecko (Tropiocolotes steudneri), also commonly known as the Algerian sand gecko and Steudner's pigmy gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to North Africa and the Middle East.

Etymology

The specific name, steudneri, is in honor of Hermann Steudner, who was a naturalist and explorer.^[1]^[2]

Geographic range

T. steudneri is found in Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, southeastern Libya, and northern Sudan, and possibly in Iran.^[1]

Reproduction

T. steudneri is oviparous.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 Tropiocolotes steudneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropiocolotes steudneri, p. 253).

Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Stenodactylus petersii, new species, pp. 18–19 + Plate III, figures 4–4a; Gymnodactylus steudneri, new combination, p. 34).
Peters W (1869). "Eine Mittheilung über neue Saurier (Chaunolæmus multicarinatus, Tropidolepisma Richardi und Gymnodactylus Steudneri) und Batrachier (Cyclorhamphus fasciatus und Hyla gracilenta)". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin1869: 786–790. (Gymnodactylus steudneri, new species, pp. 788–789). (in German).
Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).

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[RDB-1] 1 2 3 4 Tropiocolotes steudneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropiocolotes steudneri, p. 253).

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