Reptiles of
Abd al Kuri  [Socotra Archipelago, Yemen]

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Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus forbesii

Abd al Kuri Half-toed Gecko

Loveridge 1947 Razzetti, Sindaco, Grieco & al. 2011 Roesler & Wranik 2004 Schatti & Desvoignes 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Wermuth 1965 Wranik 1998
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Hemidactylus oxyrhinus

Sharp-nosed Half-toed Gecko

Loveridge 1947 Razzetti, Sindaco, Grieco & al. 2011 Roesler & Wranik 2004 Schatti & Desvoignes 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Wermuth 1965 Wranik 1998
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)
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Mesalina kuri

Abd al Kuri Desert Lizard

Joger & Mayer 2002 Razzetti, Sindaco, Grieco & al. 2011 Roesler & Wranik 2004 Schatti & Desvoignes 1999 [as balfouri] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Wranik 1998 [as balfouri] Yousefkhani, Marin & Rastegar-Pouyani 2015
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
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Trachylepis cristinae

Abd al Kuri Rock Skink

Razzetti, Sindaco, Grieco & al. 2011 [as socotrana] Roesler & Wranik 2000 [as socotrana] Roesler & Wranik 2004 [as socotrana] Schatti & Desvoignes 1999 [as socotrana] Sindaco, Metallinou, Pupin, Fasola & Carranza 2012 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Wranik 1998 [as socotrana]
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Pristurus (Semaphore Geckos)
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Pristurus abdelkuri

Abd al Kuri Semaphore Gecko

Arnold 1993 Arnold 2009 Razzetti, Sindaco, Grieco & al. 2011 Roesler & Wranik 2004 Schatti & Desvoignes 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Wranik 1998