Steudner's dwarf gecko

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Steudner's dwarf gecko
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Tropiocolotes steudneri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Tropiocolotes
Species:
T. steudneri
Binomial name
Tropiocolotes steudneri
(W. Peters, 1869)
Synonyms [1]
  • Gymnodactylus steudneri
    W. Peters, 1869
  • Stenodactylus petersii
    Boulenger, 1885
  • Gymnodactylus steudneri
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Tropiocolotes steudneri
    — Boulenger, 1891

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.

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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]

References

  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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