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Titre :	An overview of Egyptian species of Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from the high mountains of South Sinai (2005)
Auteurs :	Sherif M. Baha El Din, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Zoology in the Middle East (34 2005)
Article en page(s) :	11-26
Résumé :	Five species of the genus Hemidactylus have been recognised in Egypt to date: H. flaviviridis, H. foudaii, H. robustus, H. sinaitus, and H. turcicus. The status of these species is reviewed and a new species of the genus is described from the high mountains Of South Sinai. The new species differs most noticeably from other Hemidactylus in Egypt (except H. persicus) and the Middle East in having a distinctly depressed head: significantly higher number of labials and ventrals across mid abdomen; and in possessing a contrasting black and white tail pattern in adults. H. persicus differs from the new species in having a significantly higher number of labials and subdivital lamellae; having notably broader digital pads; reaching much larger sizes; and lacking the contrasting tail pattern in adults.

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