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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Tropiocolotes |
| Species: | T. wolfgangboehmei
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| Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner, 2010
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The species is only known by two specimens from Ath Thumamah, Saudi Arabia, the holotype (ZFMK 43668) and the paratype (ZFMK 87120).[3]
Description
editT. 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d 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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