Abstract

Sexual dimorphism is widespread in lizards, but was so far undocumented in Tropiocolotes helenae, an endemic gecko of the western Iranian plateau. A multivariate statistical analysis revealed that males are much smaller than females, but with relatively longer tails and more colour bars on the tail, together with more subtle shape differences.

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