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Natterer's gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Tropiocolotes
Species: T. nattereri
Binomial name
Tropiocolotes nattereri
Steindachner, 1901

Natterer's gecko (Tropiocolotes nattereri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to northeastern Africa and Western Asia.

Geographic range

T. nattereri is found in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

Etymology

The specific epithet, nattereri, is in honor of Austrian ornithologist Johann Natterer.

Reproduction

T. nattereri is oviparous.

References

  1. Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Baha El Din, S.; Böhme, W.; Disi, A.M.; Mateo, J.A. (2012). "Tropiocolotes nattereri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T198532A2530735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T198532A2530735.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Tropiocolotes nattereri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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 nattereri, p. 187).

Further reading

  • Pasteur G (1960). "Redécouverte et validité probable du Gekkonidé Tropiocolotes nattereri Steindachner ". Comptes Rendus des Séances Mensuelles, Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physique du Maroc 26 (8): 143–145. (in French).
  • Steindachner F (1901). "Expedition S. M. Schiff “Pola” in das Rothe Meer, Nordliche und Südliche Hälfte. 1895/96 und 1897/98. Zoologische Ergebnisse. XVII. Berichte über die herpetologischen Aufsammlung ". Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien 69: 325-339 + Plates I-II. (Tropiocolotes nattereri, new species, pp. 326-327 + Plate I, figures 2, 2a). (in German).
  • Werner YL (2016). Reptile Life in the Land of Israel. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira. 494 pp. ISBN 978-3899731040.
Taxon identifiers
Tropiocolotes nattereri


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