Taxonomic revision of the Tropiocolotes nattereri (Squamata, Gekkonidae) species complex

AutorInnen:

Ribeiro-Júnior, M. A., Tamar, K., Maza, E., Flecks, M., Wagner, P., Shacham, B., Calvo, M., ... , Koch, C., et al.

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Vollständiger Titel:

Taxonomic revision of the Tropiocolotes nattereri (Squamata, Gekkonidae) species complex, with the description of a new species from Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia

ZFMK-Autorinnen / ZFMK-Autoren:

Dr. Claudia Koch, Morris Flecks

Org. Einordnung:

Herpetologie, Wissenschaftliche Lebendtierhaltung

Publiziert in:

Zoologica Scripta

Publikationstyp:

Zeitschriftenaufsatz

DOI Name:

10.1111/zsc.12532

Keywords:

Middle East, Palearctic naked-toed geckos, reptiles, Saharo-Arabian reptiles, taxonomy

Bibliographische Angaben:

Ribeiro-Júnior, M. A., Tamar, K., Maza, E., Flecks, M., Wagner, P., Shacham, B., Calvo, M., ... , Koch, C., et al. (2022): Taxonomic revision of the Tropiocolotes nattereri (Squamata, Gekkonidae) species complex, with the description of a new species from Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. - Zoologica Scripta 51: 288–309; DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12532

Abstract:

We examined the taxonomy of the minute desert geckos of the Tropiocolotes nattereri species complex using the largest morphological sampling, and the first molecular assessment of intraspecific diversity within this complex. We examined variation in mitochondrial and nuclear markers (12S, ND2, c-mos and MC1R) of 30 samples and analyzed the external morphology of 202 specimens, from across the entire distribution range of the complex from Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. We recognize two species under the name T. nattereri. We thus hereby describe a new species, T. yomtovi sp. n., and we redefine and redescribe T. nattereri, for which we designate a neotype. The species diversity in the genus Tropiocolotes increases to 15.