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Bunopus

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Bunopus
Bunopus crassicauda, in Iran
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Bunopus
Blanford, 1874
Species

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

Species

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Three species are recognized as being valid.[1]

The species formerly known as Bunopus spatalurus, the spacious rock gecko, has been assigned to the genus Trachydactylus as Trachydactylus spatalurus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Bunopus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society, Vol. 31 (ISSN 0553-9587)
  3. ^ "Trachydactylus spatalurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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Further reading

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  • 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