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Pristurus
is a genus of ground dwelling small diurnal species.
The genus compromise 22 species and is distributed in
northeastern Africa and the Mittle East region. Socotra
Island is a place with much diversification in this
genus.
Pristurus
abdelkuri Arnold, 1986
Distribution: Ab-El-Kuri Island between
Socotra and Somalia.
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Pristurus
crucifer (Valenciennes, 1861)
Distribution: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra
Island and Somalia.
Also found in Saudi
Arabia and Yemen
outside of Africa. |
Pristurus
flavipunctatus Rüppell, 1835
Distribution: Egypt,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
and Sudan. Also found in Djibouti, Jordan
and Saudi
Arabia outside of Africa. |
Pristurus
guichardi Arnold, 1986
Distribution: Socotra Island.
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Pristurus
insignis Blanford, 1881
Distribution: Socotra Island.
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Pristurus
insignoides Arnold, 1986
Distribution: Socotra Island.
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Pristurus
obsti Rösler & Wranik, 1999
Distribution: Socotra Island.
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Pristurus
phillipsii Boulenger, 1895
Distribution: Ethiopia and Somalia.
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| Pristurus
rupestris -
male
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Pristurus
rupestris Blanford, 1874
Distribution: Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
Also to be found in large parts of the Mittle
East. |
Pristurus
samhaensis Rösler & Wranik, 1999
Distribution: Darsa and Samha Islands,
Socotra.
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Pristurus
simonettai (Lanza & Sassi, 1968)
Distribution: Southern Somalia.
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| Pristurus
sokotranus
(© Jon Boone) |
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Pristurus
sokotranus Parker, 1938
Distribution: Abd-El-Kuri Island, Dahamis,
Socotra Islands and Somalia.
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Pristurus
somalicus Parker, 1932
Distribution: Somalia.
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| Pristurus
sp.
from Somalia
(© Jon Boone) |
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| Pristurus
sp.
(© Jon Boone) |
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| Literature |
| Arnold,
E.N. 1986. New Species of Semaphore Gecko (Pristurus:
Gekkonidae) from Arabia and Socotra. Fauna of Saudi Arabia,
8: 352-377. |
| Neumann,
O. 1905. Über nordost-afrikanische und arabische
Kriechtiere. Im Anschluß an Gustav Torniers
vorangehende Abhandlung. Zool. Jahrb. Syst., 22(4): 389-404. |
| Peters,
W.C.H. 1871. Über neue Reptilien aus Ostafrica und
Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des
Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua. Monatsb. Königl.
(preus.) Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, 1871: 566-581. |
| Peters,
W.C.H. 1882. Die von Herrn Dr. E. Riebeck auf Socotra
gesammelten Reptilien. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin,
1882(3): 42-46. |
| Rösler,
H. 1995. Geckos der Welt. Alle Gattungen. Urania-Verlag,
Leipzig, Jena, Berlin, 256 pp. |
| Rösler,
H. 1998. Liste der während eines Aufenthalts vom
03.11.1997 bis 12.11.1997 auf Sokotra nachgewiesenen Geckos
(Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota, 1: 33-35. |
| Rösler,
H. & W. Wranik. 1998. Beiträge zur Herpetologie
der Republik Jemen. 3. Geckos der südlichen Jemen
und der Insel Sokotra (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae).
Pp. 113-132. in: Fritz, U., F.J. Obst & B. Andreas
(eds.). Contributions to a Herpetologia arabica.
Proceedings of the Meeting of the Staatliches Museum für
Tierkunde Dresden, 21.-23.3.1997. Faun. Abh. Staatl. Mus.
Tierk. Dresden, 21(Suppl.): 1-182. |
| Tornier,
G. 1905. Schildkröten und Eidechsen aus Nordost-Afrika
und Arabien. Aus Carlo v. Erlangers und Oscar Neumanns
Forschungsreise. Zool. Jahrb. Syst., 22(4): 365-388. |
| Wranik,
W. 1998. Contributions to the herpetology of the Republic
of Yemen. 4. Socotra Island and southern Yemen mainland
(Amphibia; Reptilia). Pp. 163-179. in: Fritz, U., F.J.
Obst & B. Andreas (eds.). Contributions to a Herpetologia
arabica. Proceedings of the Meeting of the Staatliches
Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, 21.-23.3.1997. Faun.
Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierk. Dresden, 21(Suppl.): 1-182. |
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