Bunopus blanfordii

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: Gekkonidae
Genus: Bunopus
Species: Bunopus blanfordii

Name

Bunopus blanfordii Strauch, 1887: 61

• Lectotype: ZISP 18290, adult ♂, collected by Hr. J. Erber in 1870. (designated by Ananjeva & Milto, 2024)
• Paralectotype: ZISP 2823, subadult ♂, collected by Hr. J. Erber in 1870. (designated by Ananjeva & Milto, 2024)
• Type locality: “Aegypten [=Egypt]”.

Combinations

• Alsophylax blanfordii — Loveridge, 1947 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Israel
• Jordan

References

Primary references

• Strauch, A.A. 1887. Bemerkungen über die Geckoniden-Sammlung im zoologischen Museum der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg. Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Septième Série 35(2): 1–72. BHL Reference page. 
• Ananjeva, N.B. & Milto, K.D. 2024. On the Composition of the Type Series of the Blanford’s Rock Gecko, Bunopus blanfordii Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 31(3): 186–189. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2024-31-3-186-189, ResearchGate

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bunopus blanfordii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Blanford's Ground Gecko