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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: June 24th, 2024.


Taxonomy of the family Gekkonidae
Bibliography of the genus Trigonodactylus
Biodiversity of the family Gekkonidae








Genus
Trigonodactylus

Triangle-scaled Geckos

Dreieckschuppen-Geckos

Triangelgekkoer

1957 Trigonodactylus Haas (type species: Trigonodactylus arabicus Haas 1957)
Contents: 4 species, of which 3 (75.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Stenodactylus (e.g., Kluge 1967; Arnold 1980). Revalidated as a separate genus by Nazarov, Melnikov, Radjabizadeh & Poyarkov (2018).
Distribution: Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Trigonodactylus arabicus

Arabian Triangle-scaled Gecko, Arabian Sand Gecko

Arabischer Dreieckzehen-Gecko

Arabisk Triangelgekko

1957 Trigonodactylus arabicus Haas
Stenodactylus arabicus Arnold 1980

Remarks: Previously included in Stenodactylus. Records from Iran refer to persicus (Nazarov, Melnikov, Radjabizadeh & Poyarkov 2018).
Distribution: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.


Trigonodactylus arabicus
© Henrik Bringsøe


Trigonodactylus persicus

Persian Triangle-scaled Gecko

Persischer Dreieckschuppen-Gecko

Persisk Triangelgekko

2018 Trigonodactylus persicus Nazarov, Melnikov, Radjabizadeh & Poyarkov

Remarks: This species was previously regarded as a population of arabicus.
Distribution: Iran.





Trigonodactylus pulcher

Yemen Triangle-scaled Gecko

Jemenitischer Dreieckschuppen-Gecko

Yemenitisk Triangelgekko

1896 Stenodactylus pulcher Anderson
Trigonodactylus pulcher Nazarov, Melnikov, Radjabizadeh & Poyarkov 2018

Distribution: Yemen.


Trigonodactylus sharqiyahensis

Oman Triangle-scaled Gecko

Oman-Dreieckschuppen-Gecko

Omansk Triangelgekko

2013 Stenodactylus sharqiyahensis Metallinou & Carranza
Trigonodactylus sharqiyahensis Nazarov, Melnikov, Radjabizadeh & Poyarkov 2018

Distribution: Oman.