Cyrtopodion scabrum

Cyrtopodion scabrum, also known as the rough-tailed gecko, rough bent-toed gecko, rough-tailed bowfoot gecko, common tuberculate ground gecko, or keeled gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to West Asia, South Asia and parts of North Africa.^[1]

Cyrtopodion scabrum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtopodion
Species:	C. scabrum
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion scabrum (Heyden, 1827)
Synonyms[2]
Stenodactylus scaber Heyden, 1827 Gymnodactylus scaber — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836 Cyrtodactylus scaber — Underwood, 1954 Cyrtodactylus basoglui Baran & Gruber, 1982 Cyrtopodion scaber — Kluge, 1985 Tenuidactylus scaber — Szczerbak & Golubev, 1986 Cyrtopodion scabrum — Crother, 2000

Taxonomy

Cyrtopodion basoglui is considered conspecific with Cyrtopodion scabrum. Because Cyrtopodion scabrum was originally described in 1827 and Cyrtodactylus basoglui was described in 1982, Cyrtodactylus basoglui is a junior synonym of Cyrtopodion scabrum.

Geographic range

C. scabrum is found in West Asia (Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen), South Asia (Afghanistan, India and Pakistan) and parts of North Africa (Egypt and Sudan, though the latter's origin is uncertain).^[1] It is possibly extinct in Eritrea, though its origin is uncertain in this region, and an introduced population is present in Iran and the United States (Texas).^[1]

As an introduced species

In the United States, C. scabrum has been introduced in Arizona and Texas. A breeding population has been established in Galveston, Texas, in the area of the commercial shipping docks.^[3]