Cyrtopodion scabrum

Cyrtopodion scabrum, also known as the rough-tailed gecko, rough bent-toed gecko, rough-tailed bowfoot gecko, common tuberculate ground gecko, or keeled gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Cyrtopodion scabrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species:
C. scabrum
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion scabrum
(Heyden, 1827)
Synonyms[2]
  • Stenodactylus scaber
    Heyden, 1827
  • Gymnodactylus scaber
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836
  • Cyrtodactylus scaber
    — Underwood, 1954
  • Cyrtodactylus basoglui
    Baran & Gruber, 1982
  • Cyrtopodion scaber
    — Kluge, 1985
  • Tenuidactylus scaber
    — Szczerbak & Golubev, 1986
  • Cyrtopodion scabrum
    — Crother, 2000

Taxonomy

Cyrtopodion basoglui is considered conspecific with Cyrtopodion scabrum. Because Cyrtopodion scabrum was originally described in 1827 and Cyrtodactylus basoglui was described in 1982, Cyrtodactylus basoglui is a junior synonym of Cyrtopodion scabrum.

Geographic range

C. scabrum is found in Afghanistan, Egypt (Siwa Oasis: HR 31: 254), Eritria, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sinai/Tor, Sudan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the USA (introduced to Texas and Arizona).[2]

As an introduced species

In the United States, C. scabrum has been introduced in Arizona and Texas. A breeding population has been established in Galveston, Texas, in the area of the commercial shipping docks.[3]

References
  1. Werner, Y., Mousa Disi, A.M., Varol Tok, Ugurtas, I., Sevinç, M., Baha El Din, S. & Nilson, G. 2010. Cyrtopodion scabrum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T164748A5922551. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T164748A5922551.en. Downloaded on 11 May 2018.
  2. "Cyrtopodion scabrum ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 plates, 207 figures. ISBN 978-0-544-12997-9. (Cyrtopodion scabrum, p. 259 + Plate 23).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Gymnodactylus scaber, pp. 27-28).
  • Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Cyrtopodion scabrum, p. 92).
  • Heyden CHG von (1827). "Reptilien ". pp. 1-24. In: Rüppell E. Atlas zur der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Erste Abtheilung, Zoologie. Frankfurt am Main: H.L. Brönner. 622 pp. (Stenodactylus scaber, new species, pp. 15-17 + Plate 4, figure 2). (in German and Latin).
  • Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Die postanale Beschuppung bei Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 und Cyrtopodion Fitzinger 1843 - funktionelle und taxonomische Aspekte (Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Gekkota 2: 154–207. (in German).



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