Under the plenary power the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has ruled to set aside all previous type fixations for Ascalabotes sthenodactylus Lichtenstein, 1823 (currently Stenodactylus sthenodactylus) and to designate as neotype a specimen that conserves current usage of the specific name.
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1 March 2017
Opinion 2384 (Case 3641) — Ascalabotes sthenodactylus Lichtenstein, 1823 (currently Stenodactylus sthenodactylus; Reptilia, Gekkota, gekkonidae): conservation of current usage of the specific name by designation of a neotype
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elegant gecko
Gekkota
nomenclature
NORTH AFRICA
Reptilia
Sahara
Stenodactylus