The demise of a wonder: Evolutionary history and conservation assessments of the Wonder Gecko Teratoscincus keyserlingii (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae) in Arabia
Fig 2
Localities of T. keyserlingii in the UAE used in this study.
Images presenting the UAE coastline in the years 1984 and 2020 indicating the massive development in recent decades, which destroyed and fragmented the natural habitat of T. keyserlingii. Localities of specimens used in this study are indicated in red, with numbers corresponding to localities detailed in S1 Table. Localities 6, 7, 9, 12 are extinct due to urban development. Left map credits: OpenStreetMap contributors, SRTM. Middle and right images credits: Satellite images of environmental change, Earth Resources Observatory and Science (EROS) Center, USGS.