Tropiocolotes

Bauer, Aaron M., Masroor, Rafaqat, Titus-Mcquillan, James, Heinicke, Matthew P., Daza, Juan D. & Jackman, Todd R., 2013, A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications, Zootaxa 3599 (4), pp. 301-324 : 320

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 .