Bunopus
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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| authority = 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
Three species are recognized as being valid."Bunopus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Bunopus blanfordii {{small|Strauch, 1887}} – Blanford's ground gecko[http://herpetology.com/ywfig6.html Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society, Vol. 31 (ISSN 0553-9587)]
- Bunopus crassicauda {{small|Nikolsky, 1907}} – thickhead rock gecko
- Bunopus tuberculatus {{small|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."Trachydactylus spatalurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
References
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External links
- Werner YL (1987). [http://herpetology.com/1phs31.html "Gekkonid Lizards from Five Quarters Meet in Israel".] Bull. Philadelphia Herp. Soc. 31.
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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
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Category:Taxa named by William Thomas Blanford
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