Tropiocolotes somalicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Tropiocolotes
Species: Tropiocolotes somalicus

Name

• Tropiocolotes somalicus Parker, 1942: 46

Holotype: BMNH 1937.12.5.693, adult ♂, collected by Capt. R.H.R. Taylor on 27 July 1933.

Type locality: “42°50’E, 10°20’N, at an altitude of 3000 ft.”, Ethiopia-Somali border.

References

Primary references

• Parker, H.W. 1942. The lizards of British Somaliland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 91: 1–101. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Tropiocolotes somalicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 March 2019.

Vernacular names

• English: Somalian Sand Gecko