. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 340 Soqotran Reptile Genera. (10%) also occur outside Soqotra and are likely to have been introduced by man. At least two of them {Hemidactylus turcicus and H. flaviviridis) frequently occur in and around human habitations. Thus the indigenous reptile fauna can be considered 100% endemic. Even one third of genera are endemic (), namely the gekkonid Haemodracon Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997, the scincid Parachalcides Boulenger, 1899, the trogonophid amphisbaenian Pachycalamus Günther, 1881 (), and the colubrid Ditypophis Günther, 1881 (fig.
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 340 Soqotran Reptile Genera. (10%) also occur outside Soqotra and are likely to have been introduced by man. At least two of them {Hemidactylus turcicus and H. flaviviridis) frequently occur in and around human habitations. Thus the indigenous reptile fauna can be considered 100% endemic. Even one third of genera are endemic (), namely the gekkonid Haemodracon Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997, the scincid Parachalcides Boulenger, 1899, the trogonophid amphisbaenian Pachycalamus Günther, 1881 (), and the colubrid Ditypophis Günther, 1881 (). A regional or subendemic genus is the diurnal gekkonid Pristurus, which occurs in the countries bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Its sister genus appears to be Quedenfeldtia from southwestern Morocco, a relict area where a pre-Saharan fauna, including Trogonophis, a relative of Pachycalamus, occurs1. Haemodracon may be part of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bonn, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig
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