Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Tropiocolotes
Species:
T. wolfgangboehmei
Binomial name
Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei
Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner, 2010

Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei is a species of gecko of the family Gekkonidae from central Saudi Arabia.[2] The specific epithet wolfgangboehmei honors Wolfgang Böhme for his contributions in herpetology and for being the mentor of two of the authors who described T. wolfgangboehmei.[3]

The species is only known by two specimens from Ath Thumamah, Saudi Arabia, the holotype (ZFMK 43668) and the paratype (ZFMK 87120).[3]

Description

T. wolfgangboehmei is a small gecko with a maximum snout-vent length (SVL) of 29.4 mm (1.16 in). It possesses all the diagnostic features of Tropiocolotes such as digits (the most distal parts of a limb) slightly angularly bent without ornamentation covered below by a single series of transverse lamellae (thin plate-like structures very close to one another with open space between), a vertical pupil and uniform dorsal scales, among others. It also has two pairs of postmental shields and four scales in contact with the nostril.[3]

It differs from other species by its smooth dorsal escalation, by the possession of clearly bi- or tricarinated subdigital scales and by the size of the two pairs of postmental shields (the second is much smaller than first).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Wilms, T. (2012). "Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199847A2613828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199847A2613828.en. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Wilms, Thomas M.; Wagner, Philipp & Shobrak, Mohammed (2010). "A new species of the genus Tropiocolotes from Central Saudi Arabia (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 57 (2): 275–280.


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