Bunopus

Bunopus
Bunopus crassicauda, in Iran
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Bunopus Blanford, 1874
Species
See text.

Bunopus is a genus of small geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to the Middle East.

Species

Three species are recognized as being valid.

• Bunopus blanfordii Strauch, 1887 – Blanford's ground gecko
• Bunopus crassicauda Nikolsky, 1907 – thickhead rock gecko
• Bunopus tuberculatus Blanford, 1874 – Baluch rock gecko

The species formerly known as Bunopus spatalurus, the spacious rock gecko, has been assigned to the genus Trachydactylus as Trachydactylus spatalurus.

References

External links

• Werner YL (1987). "Gekkonid Lizards from Five Quarters Meet in Israel". Bull. Philadelphia Herp. Soc. 31.
• Data related to Bunopus at Wikispecies

Further reading

• Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of new Lizards from Persia and Baluchistán". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 13: 453–455. (Bunopus, new genus, p. 454; B. tuberculatus, new species, p. 454). (in English and Latin).

 Al-Quran, S. 2009. The Herpetofauna of the Southern Jordan. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 6 (4): 385–391

 Al-Shammari, Ahmed M. 2012. Additional Records of Lizards in Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia. Russ. J. Herpetol. 19 (4): 287-291