Pristurus crucifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Pristurus
Species: Pristurus crucifer

Name

Pristurus crucifer (Valenciennes, 1861)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.14, donated by M. Courbon.
• Type locality: “Abyssinie [=Ethiopia]”.

Combinations

• Gymnodactylus crucifer Valenciennes, 1861: 433 [original combination]
• Pristurus crucifer — Boulenger, 1885: 55 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Pristurus stefaninii Calabresi, 1927: 21
  • Holotype: MSNM, adult ♂, collected by G. Stefanini and N. Puccioni in 1924.
  • Type locality: “della boscaglia fra Garass Hebla Aden e Jesomma”, Somalia.

References

Primary references

• Valenciennes, A. 1861. Note sur les animaux d’Abysinnie rapportés par M. Courbon. Compte Rendu des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 52: 433–434.
• Calabresi, E. 1927. Anfibi e rettili raccolti nella Somalia dai Proff. G. Stefanini e N. Puccioni (Gennaio-Luglio 1924). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 66(1): 14–60. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pristurus crucifer. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 March 2020.
• Sindaco, R., Spawls, S. & Malonza, P. 2021. IUCN: Pristurus crucifer  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T199589A2605230. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T199589A2605230.en. Accessed on 22 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Cross-marked Semaphore Gecko