Bunopus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Bunopus
Species (3): B. blanfordii – B. crassicauda – B. tuberculatus
Name

Bunopus Blanford, 1874: 454

Type species: Bunopus tuberculatus Blanford, 1874, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Blanford, W.T. 1874. Descriptions of new lizards from Persia and Baluchistán. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4 13(78): 453–455. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680903 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Khosravani, A., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Oraie, H. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2017. Resolving species delimitation within the genus Bunopus Blanford, 1874 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Iran using DNA barcoding approach. Zootaxa 4365(4): 467–479. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.4.6 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Bunopus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2019.

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.[1]

Bunopus blanfordii Strauch, 1887 – Blanford's ground gecko[2]
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.[3]
References

"Bunopus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society, Vol. 31 (ISSN 0553-9587)

"Trachydactylus spatalurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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).