Scortecci's sand gecko explained

Scortecci's sand gecko (Tropiocolotes scorteccii), also known commonly as Scortecci's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula.

Etymology

The specific epithet, scorteccii, honors Giuseppe Scortecci, an Italian herpetologist.^[1]

Geographic range

T. scorteccii is found in Oman and Yemen.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. scorteccii is desert, at altitudes from sea level to 1300m (4,300feet).

Description

T. scorteccii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 21.5mm, and the tail may be almost as long as the SVL.^[2]

Reproduction

T. scorteccii is oviparous.

Further reading

• Baha El Din SM (2001). "A synopsis of African and South Arabian geckos of the genus Tropiocolotes (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), with a description of a new species from Egypt". Zoology in the Middle East 22: 45–56.
• Cherchi MA, Spanò S (1963). "Una nuova specie di Tropiocolotes del Sud Arabia Spedizione Scortecci nell'Haudramaut (1962)". Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici, Università di Genova 32: 29–34. (Tropiocolotes scorteccii, new species). (in Italian, with an abstract in English).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Tropiocolotes scortecci, p. 119). (in German).
• Sindaco R Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. .

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Tropiocolotes scortecci, p. 239).
2. [Maria Adelaide Cherchi|Cherchi]