Pristurus

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: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Genus: Prasinohaema
Species: P. flavipes - P. parkeri - P. prehensicauda - P. semoni - P. virens
Name

Prasinohaema
Vernacular names

Prasinohaema (Greek: "green blood") is a genus of skinks characterized by having green blood. This condition is caused by an excess buildup of the bile pigment biliverdin. [1] Prasinohaema species have plasma biliverdin concentrations approximately 1.5-30 times greater than fish species with green blood plasma and 40 times greater than humans with green jaundice.[1] The benefit provided by the high pigment concentration is unknown, but one possibility is that it protects against malaria.[2][3]

Geographic range

Species in the genus Prasinohaema are endemic to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.[4]
Species

Species in the genus include:[4]

Prasinohaema flavipes (Parker, 1936) – common green tree skink
Prasinohaema parkeri (M.A. Smith, 1937) – Parker's green tree skink
Prasinohaema prehensicauda (Loveridge, 1945) – prehensile green tree skink
Prasinohaema semoni (Oudemans, 1894) – Semon's green tree skink
Prasinohaema virens (W. Peters, 1881) - green-blooded skink, green tree skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Prasinohaema.
Etymology

The specific names, parkeri and semoni, are in honor of English herpetologist Hampton Wildman Parker and German zoologist Richard Wolfgang Semon, respectively.[5]
References

Austin, Christopher C.; Jessing, Kevin W. (1994). "Green-blood pigmentation in lizards". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology. 109 (3): 619–626. doi:10.1016/0300-9629(94)90201-1.
Grens, Kerry (2018-05-16). "Lizards' Green Blood Evolved Four Times". The Scientist. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
Malhotra, Anita (23 May 2018). "Some lizards have green blood that should kill them – and scientists can't work out why". The Independent.
Genus Prasinohaema at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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. (Prasinohaema parkeri, p. 200; P. semoni, p. 240).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: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Pristurus
Species: P. abdelkuri - P. adrarensis - P. carteri - P. celerrimus - P. collaris - P. crucifer - P. flavipunctatus - p. gallagheri - p. gasparetti - P. guichardi - P. insignis - P. insignoides - P. longipes - P. mazbah - P. minimus - P. obsti - P. ornithocephalus - P. phillipsi - P. popovi - p. rupestris - P. saada - P. samhaensis - P. schneideri - P. simonettai - P. sokotranus - P. somalicus
Name

Pristurus Rüppell, 1835
References

Arnold, E.N. 2009: Relationships, evolution and biogeography of semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology. Zootaxa 2060: 1–21. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Badiane, A. et al. 2014: Phylogenetic relationships of semaphore geckos (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae: Pristurus) with an assessment of the taxonomy of Pristurus rupestris. Zootaxa 3835(1): 33–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.2 Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Rock geckoes

Further reading

Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the Scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian J. Zool. Supplementary Series 22 (31): 1-67. (Prasinohaema, new genus, p. 12).

Pristurus is a genus of geckos endemic to Arabia and Socotra Island as well as the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. Species of Pristurus are commonly known as rock geckos .

The generic name, Pristurus, means "saw-tailed" in Latin.[출처 필요]
Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized:[1][2]

• Pristurus abdelkuri Arnold, 1986 – Abdel Kuri rock gecko
• Pristurus adrarensis Geniez & Arnold, 2006
• Pristurus carteri (Gray, 1863) – Carter's rock gecko, Carter's semaphore gecko
  • Pristurus carteri carteri (Gray, 1863)
  • Pristurus carteri tuberculatus Parker, 1931
• Pristurus celerrimus Arnold, 1977 – Oman rock gecko, bar-tailed semaphore gecko
• Pristurus collaris (Steindachner, 1867) – collared rock gecko
• Pristurus crucifer (Valenciennes, 1861) – Valenciennes rock gecko, cross-marked semaphore gecko
• Pristurus flavipunctatus Rüppell, 1835 – Middle Eastern rock gecko, Rüppell's semaphore gecko
• Pristurus gallagheri Arnold, 1986 - Gallagher's rock gecko, Wadi Kharrar rock gecko
• Pristurus guichardi Arnold, 1986 – Guichard's rock gecko
• Pristurus insignis Blanford, 1881 – Blanford's rock gecko
• Pristurus insignoides Arnold, 1986 - Haggier Massif rock gecko
• Pristurus longipes W. Peters, 1871 - Peters's rock gecko
• Pristurus masirahensis Tamar, Mitsi, Simo-Riudalbas, Tejero-Cicuéndez, Al-Sariri, & Carranza, 2019
• Pristurus mazbah Al-Safadi, 1989
• Pristurus minimus Arnold, 1977 – Arnold's rock gecko, least semaphore gecko
• Pristurus obsti Rösler & Wranik, 1999 - mangrove semaphore gecko
• Pristurus ornithocephalus Arnold, 1986 - birdhead rock gecko
• Pristurus phillipsii Boulenger, 1895 – Somali rock gecko
• Pristurus popovi Arnold, 1982 – Saudi rock gecko
• Pristurus rupestris Blanford, 1874 – Persia rock gecko, rock semaphore gecko, Blanford's semaphore gecko
  • Pristurus rupestris guweirensis G. Haas, 1943
  • Pristurus rupestris iranicus K.P. Schmidt, 1952 – Iranian rock gecko
  • Pristurus rupestris rupestris Blanford, 1874
• Pristurus saada Arnold, 1986 – Yemen rock gecko
• Pristurus samhaensis Rösler & Wranik, 1999
• Pristurus schneideri Rösler, J. Köhler & Böhme, 2008
• Pristurus simonettai (Lanza & Sassi, 1968) – coastal rock gecko
• Pristurus sokotranus Parker, 1938 – Socotra rock gecko
• Pristurus somalicus Parker, 1932 – Somali rock gecko, Somali semaphore gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pristurus.
References

"Pristurus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.

"Pristurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Arnold EN (1986). "New species of semaphore gecko (Pristurus: Gekkonidae) from Arabia and Socotra". Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 352-377.
Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Pristurus, p. 52).
Rüppell E (1835). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig: Amphibien. Frankfurt am Main: S. Schmerber. 34 pp. (Pristurus, new genus, p. 16). (in German).