Tropiocolotes
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.4.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5620777 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/734787FE-FFCE-8C43-BCD1-FB8F223BFA56 |
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Plazi |
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Tropiocolotes |
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Tropiocolotes (9 species)
Composition: T. algericus Loveridge , T. bisharicus Baha el Din, T. nattereri Steindachner, 1901 , T. nubicus Baha el Din , T. scortecci Cherchi & Spano , T. somalicus Parker , T. steudneri (Peters) , T. tripolitanus Peters (T. t. occidentalis Parker, T. t. apoklomax Papenfuss), T. wolfgangboehmei Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner
Distribution: North Africa from Mauritania to northern Somalia to the Mediterranean, Arabian Peninsula, Israel, Jordan
Comments: Species from Iran through Rajasthan previously assigned to this genus are now recognized as members of the distantly related Microgecko (Gamble et al. 2012; this study). Both Asiocolotes (here not regarded as valid) and Microgecko were previously considered subgenera of Tropiocolotes .
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