Bunopus
| Bunopus | |
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| Bunopus crassicauda, in Iran | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Bunopus Blanford, 1874 |
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Bunopus is a genus of small geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to the Middle East.
Species
[edit]Three species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Bunopus blanfordii Strauch, 1887 – Blanford's ground gecko[2]
- Bunopus crassicauda Nikolsky, 1907 – thickhead rock gecko
- Bunopus tuberculatus Blanford, 1874 – Baluch rock gecko
The species formerly known as Bunopus spatalurus, the spacious rock gecko, has been assigned to the genus Trachydactylus as Trachydactylus spatalurus.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bunopus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society, Vol. 31 (ISSN 0553-9587)
- ^ "Trachydactylus spatalurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
External links
[edit]- Werner YL (1987). "Gekkonid Lizards from Five Quarters Meet in Israel". Bull. Philadelphia Herp. Soc. 31.
Data related to Bunopus at Wikispecies
Further reading
[edit]- Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of new Lizards from Persia and Baluchistán". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 13: 453–455. (Bunopus, new genus, p. 454; B. tuberculatus, new species, p. 454). (in English and Latin).
Al-Quran, S. 2009. The Herpetofauna of the Southern Jordan. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 6 (4): 385-391
Al-Shammari, Ahmed M. 2012. Additional Records of Lizards in Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia. Russ. J. Herpetol. 19 (4): 287-291