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Rough-tailed Gecko
Cyrtopodion scabrum (Heyden in Rüppell, 1827)

Current SSAR 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.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.02.03.14.32.34)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1827 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.
1984 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
1986 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
2014 Babb, Randall D. Geographic distribution. Cytopodion scabrum. Herpetological Review 45(3):461
2023 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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