Pristurus phillipsii

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Pristurus phillipsii
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Pristurus
Species:	P. phillipsii
Binomial name
*Pristurus phillipsii* Boulenger, 1895

Pristurus phillipsii, known commonly as Phillip's rock gecko or the Somali rock gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, phillipsii, is in honor of British naturalist Ethelbert Lort Phillips.^[2]

P. phillipsii is found in Somalia.^[1]^[3] The Reptile Databases lists it also from Ethiopia.^[3]

P. phillipsii is oviparous.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Mazuch, T. (2021). "Pristurus phillipsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13155385A42507106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13155385A42507106.en. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pristurus phillipsii, p. 206).
^ ^a ^b ^c Pristurus phillipsii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 March 2022.

Arnold EN (2009). "Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology". Zootaxa 2060: 1-21.
Boulenger GA (1895). "On the Reptiles and Batrachians obtained by Mr. E. Lort-Phillips in Somaliland". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 16: 165-169 + Plate VII. (Pristurus phillipsii, new species, pp. 165–166 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a).
Calabresi E (1915). "Contributo alla conoscenza dei Rettili della Somalia ". Monitore Zoologico Italiano 28: 234–247. (Pristurus phillipsii, pp. 235–236). (in Italian).
Mazuch, Tomáš (2013). Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Dřiteč, Czech Republic: Tomáš Mazuch Publishing. 80 pp. ISBN 978-80-905439-0-4.
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Pristurus phillipsii, p. 106). (in German).

Taxon identifiers
Pristurus phillipsii	Wikidata: Q3404215 Wikispecies: Pristurus phillipsii ADW: Pristurus_phillipsii CoL: 4MKPB EoL: 790961 GBIF: 5221654 iNaturalist: 33908 ITIS: 819149 IUCN: 13155385 NCBI: 2827544 Observation.org: 102488 Open Tree of Life: 4122826 RD: phillipsii

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