The Steudner's gecko (''Tropiocolotes nubicus'') is a species of

gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...

of the genus '' Tropiocolotes''. It is found in Egypt and

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''nubicus'' relates to the

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, the Nubia Region. 'Steudner' may relate to the German botanist and explorer

Hermann Steudner Carl Theodor Hermann Steudner (1 September 1832 – 10 April 1863) was a botanist and an explorer of Africa. Education and early work Steudner was born in Greiffenberg, located in Silesia, but grew up in Görlitz. He studied botany, mineralogy ...

(1832-1863).

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nubicus Reptiles described in 1999 Reptiles of North Africa {{gecko-stub