Asaccus
| Asaccus | |
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| Asaccus elisae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Asaccus Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973[1] |
| Species | |
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Asaccus is a genus of geckos commonly known as Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos.[2]
Geographic range
The genus Asaccus is endemic to the Middle East.[2]
Species
There are 16 species in this genus.[3] Five were described in 2011.[4][5]
- Asaccus andersoni Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus barani Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus caudivolvulus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 – Musandam leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus elisae (F. Werner, 1895) – Werner's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus gallagheri (Arnold, 1972) – Gallagher's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus granularis Torki, 2010
- Asaccus griseonotus Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973 – grey-spotted leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus iranicus Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus kermanshahensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, 1996 – Kermanshah leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus kurdistanensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, Nilson & Faizi, 2006
- Asaccus montanus Gardner, 1994
- Asaccus nasrullahi Y. Werner, 2006
- Asaccus platyrhynchus Arnold & Gardner, 1994
- Asaccus saffinae Afrasiab & Mohamad, 2009
- Asaccus tangestanensis Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus zagrosicus Torki et al., 2011
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Asaccus.
References
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- ↑ "Asaccus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/phyllodactylidae.
- 1 2 Papenfuss TJ et al. (2010). "Phylogenetic relationships among species of Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos (Asaccus)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 61 (13): 587-596.
- ↑ Asaccus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Torki F et al. (2011). "Description of four new Asaccus Dixon and Anderson, 1973 (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) from Iran and Turkey". Amphibia-Reptilia 32 (2): 185-202.
- ↑ Torki F. (2011). "Beschreibung eines neuen Asaccus (Sauria: Phyllodactylidae) aus dem Iran ". Sauria 33 (1) 51–61. (in German).
Further reading
- Dixon JR, Anderson SC. (1973). "A new genus and species of Gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Iran and Iraq". Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 72 (3): 155-160. (Asaccus, new genus, pp. 156-157; A. griseonotus, new species, pp. 158-160).
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