Tropiocolotes somalicus

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: 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. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tropiocolotes somalicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 March 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Somalian Sand Gecko