Cyrtopodion scabrum
(Heyden in Rüppell, 1827)
sir-toe-poe-DEE-on — SKAB-rum
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to the Middle East and northeastern Africa. It is established in Arizona (Babb, 2014, Herpetological Review 45: 461), California (Hansen and Nafis, 2021, Herpetological Review 52: 795), Nevada (Stocking and Jones, 2017, Herpetological Review 48: 389), and Texas (Selcer and Bloom, 1984, Southwestern Naturalist 29: 499–500; Bloom et al., 1986, Southwestern Naturalist 31: 129–131; Kraus, 2009, Alien Reptiles and Amphibians: A Scientific Compendium and Analysis. SpringerVerlag, Heidelberg, Germany).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1827
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Heyden, C. H. G. von Reptilien. [Reptiles} Pages in 1-24 In Rüppell, E. Atlas zu Reise im nördlichen Afrika. l. Zoologie. [Atlas for travel in northern Africa. l. Zoology.] H. L. Brönner, Frankfurt, Germany. pp.
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1984
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Selcer, Kyle W. and Roy. A. Bloom. Cyrtodactylus scaber (Gekkonidae): A new gecko to the fauna of the United States Southwestern Naturalist 29:499-500
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1986
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Bloom, Roy A., Kyle W. Selcer, and W. Ken King. Status of the introduced gekkonid lizard, Cyrtodactylus scaber, in Galveston, Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 31:129-131
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2000
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Macey, J. Robert, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Yuezhao Wang, and Theodore J. Papenfuss. Phylogenetic relationships among Asian gekkonid lizards formerly of the genus Cyrtodactylus based on cladistic analyses of allozymic data: monophyly of Cyrtopodion and Mediodactylus. Journal of Herpetology 34(2):258-265
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2014
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Babb, Randall D. Geographic distribution. Cytopodion scabrum. Herpetological Review 45(3):461
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2023
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Ducharme, Ashlee, Ashley Martinovich, Katherine Huxster, Marchant, and Nate Gwinn. The distribution of an exotic and native species of gecko on Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. ESS 221 Project Research Report 2022-23, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. 24pp.
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