Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei
Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Tropiocolotes |
Species: | T. wolfgangboehmei
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Binomial name | |
Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner, 2010
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Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei is a species of gecko of the family Gekkonidae from central Saudi Arabia.[2] The specific epithet wolfgangboehmei honors Wolfgang Böhme for his contributions in herpetology and for being the mentor of two of the authors who described T. wolfgangboehmei.[3]
The species is only known by two specimens from
Description
T. wolfgangboehmei is a small gecko with a maximum
It differs from other species by its smooth dorsal escalation, by the possession of clearly bi- or tricarinated subdigital scales and by the size of the two pairs of postmental shields (the second is much smaller than first).[3]
References
- . Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d Wilms, Thomas M.; Wagner, Philipp & Shobrak, Mohammed (2010). "A new species of the genus Tropiocolotes from Central Saudi Arabia (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 57 (2): 275–280.