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Wolfgang’s Sand Gecko
Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner, 2010
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei. Ar Riyad, SA
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Open encyclopedia reference
Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei is a species of gecko of the family Gekkonidae from central Saudi Arabia. The specific epithet wolfgangboehmei honors Wolfgang Böhme for his contributions in herpetology and for being the mentor of two of the authors who described T. wolfgangboehmei.
The species is only known by two specimens from Ath Thumamah, Saudi Arabia, the holotype (ZFMK 43668) and the paratype (ZFMK 87120).
Wikipedia contributors, Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:34:19.943673+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner, 2010
- Name authority
- Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner, 2010
- Common name
- Wolfgang’s Sand Gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Tropiocolotes
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderGekkota
- familyGekkonidae
- genusTropiocolotes
- speciesTropiocolotes wolfgangboehmei Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner, 2010
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tropiocolotes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tropiocolotes bisharicus Baha El Din, 2001 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parker’s Pigmy GeckoTropiocolotes somalicus Parker, 1942 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Algerian Sand GeckoTropiocolotes steudneri (Peters, 1869) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tropiocolotes nattereri Steindachner, 1901 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tropiocolotes tassiliensis Ribeiro-Junior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo & Meiri, 2022 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tropiocolotes yomtovi Ribeiro-Junior, Tamar, Maza, Flecks, Wagner, Shacham, Calvo, Geniez, Crochet, Koch & Meiri, 2022 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Algerian Sand GeckoTropiocolotes algericus Loveridge, 1947 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tropiocolotes naybandensis Krause, Ahmadzadeh, Moazeni, Wagner & Wilms, 2013 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tropiocolotes nubicus Baha El Din, 1999 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scortecci’s Dwarf GeckoTropiocolotes scorteccii Cherchi & Spano, 1963 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Sand GeckoTropiocolotes tripolitanus Peters, 1880 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Tropiocolotes&species=wolfgangboehmei Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:59CTN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.