Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: October 31st, 2023.
 
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Genus
Tropiocolotes
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Afro-Asian Desert Dwarf Geckos, African Dwarf Geckos, African Pigmy Geckos
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Wüsten-Zwerggeckos
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Ørkendværggekkoer
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1880 |  |
Tropiocolotes Peters (type species: Tropiocolotes tripolitanus Peters 1880) |
Contents:
15 species, of which 7 (46.7%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included
Microgecko and
Altiphylax levitoni, which had also previously been placed in another separate genus, Asiocolotes, by some authors (e.g., Kluge 2001), along with
Microgecko depressus.
Distribution:
N., W., and E. Africa, Middle East.
Reported from:
Algeria,
Chad,
Djibouti,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Eritrea
(incl.
Dahlak Archipelago),
Ethiopia,
Iran,
Israel,
Jordan,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Oman,
Saudi Arabia,
Somalia,
Sudan,
Tunisia,
Western Sahara,
Yemen.
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Tropiocolotes algericus
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Algerian Dwarf Gecko, Algerian Gecko
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Algerischer Zwerggecko
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Algiersk Ørkendværggekko
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1947 | |
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus algericus Loveridge |
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Tropiocolotes algericus Baha el Din 2001 |
Distribution:
Algeria,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Western Sahara.
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Tropiocolotes algericus
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Tropiocolotes bisharicus
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Bishari Dwarf Gecko
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Bishari-Zwerggecko
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Bishari-ørkendværggekko
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2001 | |
Tropiocolotes bisharicus Baha el Din |
Distribution:
Egypt.
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Tropiocolotes chirioi
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Aures Dwarf Gecko
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Aures-Zwerggecko
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Aures-ørkendværggekko
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2022 | |
Tropiocolotes chirioi Ribeiro-Junior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo & Meiri |
Remarks:
Not mentioned for Algeria by Rouag & Ziane (2023).
Distribution:
Algeria.
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Tropiocolotes confusus
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Oman Dwarf Gecko
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Oman-Zwerggecko
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Oman-ørkendværggekko
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Tropiocolotes confusus Machado, Smid, Mazuch, Sindaco, Al Shukaili & Carranza |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of scorteccii (Machado, Smid, Mazuch, Sindaco, Al Shukaili & Carranza 2018).
Distribution:
Oman.
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Tropiocolotes hormozganensis
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Hormozgan Dwarf Gecko
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Hormozgan-Zwerggecko
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Hormozgan-ørkendværggekko
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2018 | |
Tropiocolotes hormozganensis Rajabizadeh, Faizi, Anderson, Zarrintab & Nazarov |
Remarks:
Two specimens have been reported (as steudneri or "cf. steudneri") from Queshm Island (e.g., Kamali & Dakhteh 2006), which could refer to
hormozganensis, however, these specimens are apparently lost (Rajabizadeh, Faizi, Anderson, Zarrintab & Nazarov 2018).
Consequently, the presence of hormozganensis in Queshm Island is unconfirmed.
Distribution:
Iran.
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Tropiocolotes nattereri
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Sinai Dwarf Gecko, (Natterer's Dwarf Gecko, Sand Gecko)
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Sinai-Zwerggecko
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Sinai-ørkendværggekko
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1901 | |
Tropiocolotes nattereri Steindachner |
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Tropiocolotes steudneri nattereri Hoofien 1972 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of steudneri (e.g., Arnold 1977, 1986; Kluge 1993) or a subspecies of same (Hoofien 1972), but this was questioned by
several authors (e.g., Werner 1982, 1983; Baha El Din 1994).
Validity confirmed by Shifman, Shacham & Werner (1999).
All records of the genus Tropiocolotes from Israel, Jordan, NW. Saudi Arabia, and some from Sinai refer to nattereri or yomtovi.
A single record from Libya (Schnurrenberger 1962) refers to steudneri (Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017), and although there is also a single report from the
African part of Egypt, there is no solid evidence that the species occurs in Africa
(Shifman, Shacham & Werner 1999; Disi, Modry, Necas & Rifai 2001; Baha el Din 1994, 2006).
Distribution:
Egypt
(Sinai),
Israel,
Jordan,
Saudi Arabia.
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Tropiocolotes naybandensis
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Nayband Dwarf Gecko
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Nayband-Zwerggecko
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Nayband-ørkendværggekko
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2013 | |
Tropiocolotes naybandensis Krause, Ahmadzadeh, Moazeni, Wagner & Wilms |
Distribution:
Iran.
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Tropiocolotes nubicus
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Nubian Dwarf Gecko
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Nubischer Zwerggecko
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Nubisk Ørkendværggekko
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Tropiocolotes nubicus Baha el Din |
Remarks:
Records of steudneri from west of the Nile Valley (Egypt, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Libya, Sudan) refer to nubicus
(Machado, Salvi, Harris, Brito, Crochet, Geniez, Ahmadzadeh & Carranza 2021).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Chad,
Egypt,
Libya,
Niger,
Sudan.
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Tropiocolotes scorteccii
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Yemen Dwarf Gecko, (Scortecci's Dwarf Gecko)
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Jemen-Zwerggecko
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Yemenitisk Ørkendværggekko
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1963 | |
Tropiocolotes scorteccii Cherchi & Spano |
Remarks:
Not mentioned for Saudi Arabia by Aloufi, Amr, Baker & Hamidan (2019).
Distribution:
Oman,
Saudi Arabia,
Yemen.
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Tropiocolotes somalicus
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Somali Dwarf Gecko, (Parker's Pygmy Gecko)
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Somalischer Zwerggecko
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Somalisk Ørkendværggekko
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Tropiocolotes somalicus Parker |
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Tropiocolotes tripolitanus somalicus Loveridge 1947 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Baha el Din (2001).
A record of somalicus from Egypt (Baha el Din 1998) refer to bisharicus (Baha el Din 2001).
Distribution:
Djibouti,
Eritrea
(incl.
Dahlak Archipelago),
Ethiopia,
Somalia.
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Tropiocolotes steudneri
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Sudan Desert Dwarf Gecko, (Steudner's Dwarf Gecko, Algerian Dwarf Gecko)
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Sudanischer Zwerggecko, Steudners Zwerggecko
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Sudansk Ørkendværggekko
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Gymnodactylus steudneri Peters |
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Stenodactylus steudneri Boulenger 1887 |
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Tropiocolotes steudneri Boulenger 1891 |
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1885 | |
Stenodactylus petersii Boulenger (Szczerbak & Golubev 1996) |
Remarks:
Machado, Salvi, Harris, Brito, Crochet, Geniez, Ahmadzadeh & Carranza (2021) limited the distribution of steudneri to east of the Nile Valley, however,
Ribeiro-Junior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo & Meiri (2022) noted that it also occurs west of the Nile Valley, pending more detailed studies.
Records from Iran (e.g., Guibe 1966; Anderson 1999) refer to naybandensis, hormozganensis, or are of uncertain taxonomic status
(Krause, Ahmadzadeh, Moazeni, Wagner & Wilms 2013; Rajabizadeh, Faizi, Anderson, Zarrintab & Nazarov 2018).
Records from Israel are erroneous (Werner 2016).
Records from central Saudi Arabia (Kordges 1998 [as "cf. steudneri"]) refer to wolfgangboehmei (Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner 2010).
Distribution:
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Sudan.
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Tropiocolotes tassiliensis
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Tassili Dwarf Gecko
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Tassili-Zwerggecko
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Tassili-ørkendværggekko
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2022 | |
Tropiocolotes tassiliensis Ribeiro-Junior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo & Meiri |
Remarks:
Not mentioned for Algeria by Rouag & Ziane (2023).
Distribution:
Algeria.
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Tropiocolotes tripolitanus
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Tripoli Dwarf Gecko, Tripoli Gecko
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Tripolitanischer Zwerggecko
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Libysk Ørkendværggekko
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1880 | |
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus Peters |
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Stenodactylus tripolitanus Boulenger 1885 |
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Tropiocolotes occidentalis Parker (Szczerbak & Golubev 1996) |
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Tropiocolotes tripolitanus occidentalis Loveridge 1947 |
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Tropiocolotes tripolitanus apoklomax Papenfuss |
Other common names:
occidentalis: Singing Gecko
Distribution:
Algeria,
Chad,
Egypt,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Tunisia,
Western Sahara.
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Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei
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Saudi Arabian Dwarf Gecko
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Arabischer Zwerggecko
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Saudiarabisk Ørkendværggekko
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2010 | |
Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner |
Distribution:
Saudi Arabia.
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Tropiocolotes yomtovi
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Eilat Dwarf Gecko, (Yom-Tov's Dwarf Gecko)
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Eilat-Zwerggecko
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Eilat-ørkendværggekko
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Tropiocolotes yomtovi Ribeiro Junior, Tamar, Maza, Flecks, Wagner, Shacham, Calvo, Geniez, Crochet, Koch & Meiri |
Distribution:
Egypt
(Sinai),
Israel,
Jordan,
Saudi Arabia.
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