Pristurus, Ruppell, 1835

Arnold, E. N., 2009, Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology, Zootaxa 2060 (1), pp. 1-21 : 3

Species of Pristurus

P. abdelkuri Arnold, 1986a —Abd al Kuri island (also Socotra, where probably introduced— Rösler and Wranik, 2000); P. adrarensis Geniez and Arnold, 2006 – Adrar region of Mauritania; P. carteri (Gray, 1863) —from central Oman westwards to North Jol in southern Yemen; P. celerrimus Arnold, 1977 —North Oman; P. collaris (Steindachner, 1867) —southern Yemen, from Bal Haf eastwards to Ras Fartak; P. crucifer (Valenciennes, 1861) — Eritrea, Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, northern Kenya, coastal western Yemen; P. flavipunctatus Rüppell, 1835 —southeastern Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, southwestern Saudi Arabia, western Yemen; P. gallagheri Arnold, 1986a —Jebel Akhdar region of North Oman; P. guichardi Arnold, 1986a — Socotra; P. insignis Blanford, 1881 — Socotra; P. insignoides Arnold, 1986a — Socotra; P. minimus Arnold, 1977 —southwest Saudi Arabia, UAE, south and central Oman; P. ornithocephalus Arnold, 1986a —coastal Yemen as far east as Wadi Hajr; P. phillipsii Boulenger, 1895 — northern Somalia (Goolis and Doloh mountains); P. popovi Arnold, 1982 —southwest Saudi Arabia (Jebel Sawdah), western Yemen; P. rupestris Blanford, 1874 —north Somalia, Jordan, southwest and east Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, coastal Iran and Pakistan; P. saada Arnold, 1986a —highlands of western Yemen; P. schneideri Rösler, Köhler and Böhme, 2008 —Hanish al-Kabir Island, Yemen; P. simonettai (Lanza and Sassi, 1968) —southern Somalia; P. sokotranus Parker, 1938 — Socotra; P.somalicus Parker, 1932 — Somalia.

P. obsti Rösler and Wranik, 1999 from Socotra and P. samhaensis Rösler and Wranik, 1999 from Samha and Darsa islands off Socotra, are respectively very similar in their morphology to P. guichardi and P. socotranus . Their status needs to be assessed using molecular methods. These indicate that P. rupestris is really a species complex with several long-standing lineages, at least in Oman (S.Carranza and E.N. Arnold, unpublished data); there may also be a further undescribed species of Pristurus in Somalia similar to P. somalicus . Representative species of Pristurus are shown in Fig. 2 .

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FIGURE 2. Representative species of Pristurus. a. P. celerrimus of north Oman, morphologically the most primitive member of the genus. b. P. rupestris from north Oman, a member of the widespread P. flavipunctatus assemblage. c. P. minimus, south Oman, a member of the Spatalura clade. d. P. carteri from south Oman, a member of the P. carteri group in the Spatalura clade. Photographs a–c taken by David Donaire.