Asaccus

Asaccus
Asaccus elisae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Phyllodactylidae
Genus:Asaccus
Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973[1]
Species

17, see text.

Asaccus is a genus of geckos, commonly known as Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae.[2]

Geographic range

The genus Asaccus is endemic to the Middle East.[2]

Species

There are 17 species which are recognized as being valid in the genus Asaccus.[3] Five were described in 2011.[4][5]

  • Asaccus andersoni Torki et al., 2011
  • Asaccus arnoldi Simo-Riudalbas, Tarroso, Papenfuss, Al-Sariri, & Carranza, 2017
  • 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

  1. ↑ "Asaccus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/phyllodactylidae.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ Asaccus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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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