Sand, stone, and Tropiocolotes: Diversity and distribution of dwarf geckos in Saudi Arabia

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023272%3A_____%2F25%3A10136862" target="_blank" >RIV/00023272:_____/25:10136862 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/25:10504327

Result on the web

<a href="https://herpetozoa.pensoft.net/article/166855/" target="_blank" >https://herpetozoa.pensoft.net/article/166855/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e166855" target="_blank" >10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e166855</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sand, stone, and Tropiocolotes: Diversity and distribution of dwarf geckos in Saudi Arabia

Original language description

The genus Tropiocolotes comprises small geckos distributed across the Saharo-Arabian biogeographic realm, yet the taxonomy and distribution of several species, particularly those in Saudi Arabia, remain poorly understood. Historical confusion between T. nattereri and T. steudneri has been compounded by the recent description of T. yomtovi, a species morphologically very similar to T. nattereri, and the discovery of another genetically distinct lineage closely related to the two species. Here, we combine data obtained from recent field surveys in northwestern Saudi Arabia (Tabuk and Medina Provinces) with mitochondrial (12S and ND2) and nuclear (c-mos and MC1R) genetic markers to clarify species identities and assess the presence of cryptic diversity. DNA barcoding confirms that all newly collected material belongs to T. yomtovi, including populations previously assigned to T. nattereri. Mitochondrial genetic distances between the lineages are comparable to interspecific levels, and the haplotype network analyses revealed no allele sharing amongst the lineages of the T. nattereri group. Species distribution modelling further suggests that suitable habitats for T. yomtovi extend well beyond its currently known range. In addition to showing new data supporting the distribution of T. yomtovi in Saudi Arabia, we provide an overview of the Saudi endemic T. wolfgangboehmei, including a new record from approximately 200 km south of its type locality in central Saudi Arabia

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA25-17736S" target="_blank" >GA25-17736S: Evolutionary diversity of desert reptiles across phylogenetic and spatial scales: hotspots, refugia, and their conservation</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Herpetozoa

ISSN

1013-4425

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

38

Issue of the periodical within the volume

October

Country of publishing house

AT - AUSTRIA

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

299-309

UT code for WoS article

001590069500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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