Bunopus Explained

Bunopus is a genus of small geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to the Middle East.

Species

Three species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Bunopus blanfordii – Blanford's ground gecko^[2]
• Bunopus crassicauda – thickhead rock gecko
• Bunopus tuberculatus – 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]

External links

• Werner YL (1987). "Gekkonid Lizards from Five Quarters Meet in Israel". Bull. Philadelphia Herp. Soc. 31.

Further reading

• 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

Notes and References

1. "Bunopus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. http://herpetology.com/ywfig6.html Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society, Vol. 31 (ISSN 0553-9587)
3. "Trachydactylus spatalurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.