. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. A new species of the genus Tropiocolotes from Central Saudi Arabia 277. SPECIES DESCRIPTION Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei sp. n. Type material: Holotype, ZFMK 43668, Ath-Thumama, Saudi Arabia, leg. T Kordges, 1985; Paratype, ZFMK 87120, Ath-Thumama (25° 16' N, 46° 37' E), Saudi Ara- bia, leg. T. Wilms, , 10:30 hrs Diagnosis. A small gecko with a maximum snout-vent- length of mm. The species possesses all diagnostic characters of the genus Tropiocolotes (in the sense of Kluge 1967) including digits slightly angularly bent, not dilated, not fri
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. A new species of the genus Tropiocolotes from Central Saudi Arabia 277. SPECIES DESCRIPTION Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei sp. n. Type material: Holotype, ZFMK 43668, Ath-Thumama, Saudi Arabia, leg. T Kordges, 1985; Paratype, ZFMK 87120, Ath-Thumama (25° 16' N, 46° 37' E), Saudi Ara- bia, leg. T. Wilms, , 10:30 hrs Diagnosis. A small gecko with a maximum snout-vent- length of mm. The species possesses all diagnostic characters of the genus Tropiocolotes (in the sense of Kluge 1967) including digits slightly angularly bent, not dilated, not fringed, not webbed, nor ornamented, covered below with a single series of transverse lamellae, pupil ver- tical, dorsal scales uniform, small, homogenous, imbricate to subimbricate, preanal and femoral pores usually absent. Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei sp. n. has two pairs of postmental shields and therefore differs from T. latifi (no postmentals), T. helenae (one pair of postmentals) and T. depressus (no postmentals or only one pair of very small postmentals). From T persicus it differs by having only four scales in contact with the nostril instead of five. It differs from T. algericus, T. tripolitanus, T. scorteccii, T. somalicus and T. bisharicus by its smooth dorsal sca- lation. T. wolfgangboehmei sp. n. differs from T. nattereri by possessing clearly bi- or tricarinated subdigital scales (versus smooth subdigital scales) and from T. steudneri and T. nubicus by having two pairs of postmental shields of which the second is roughly a quarter of the size of the first (both pairs of roughly equal size in T. steudneri and T. nubicus). Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 275-280 Description of the Holotype. An adult female with in- tact tail. Body depressed. Snout-vent-length (SVL) mm, Tail length mm. Head narrow, mm long (about % of SVL). Neck distinct. Right limb mm long. 5th digit of left manus lacking claw, all other digits complete. Tail times SVL,
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