Asaccus nasrullahi

Asaccus nasrullahi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Asaccus
Species:	A. nasrullahi
Binomial name
	Asaccus nasrullahi; Y. Werner, 2006

Asaccus nasrullahi, Nasrullah's leaf-toed gecko, is a species of gecko in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Iran.[2][3] The specific name nasrullahi was chosen in honor of Iranian herpetologist Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, "in recognition of his contribution to the knowledge of the herpetology of Iran, including the genus Asaccus".[4][5]

Taxonomy

A. nasrullahi was previously misidentified as Ptyodactylus hasselquistii, until it was named as a new species in 2006.[2] The name nasrullah also means "victory of God" which according to the author "seems appropriate for the survival, discovery and rediscovery of this gecko species".[4]

Geographic range and habitat

A. nasrullahi is found in the Zagros Mountains in rocky valleys dominated by oaks such as Quercus brantii.[3]

References

Papenfuss, Theodore; Sharifi, Mozafar (2009). "Asaccus nasrullahi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164742A5922300. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164742A5922300.en. Downloaded on 20 January 2019.
Asaccus nasrullahi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-11-03.
ŠMÍD, JIŘÍ; MORAVEC, JIŘÍ; KODYM, PETR; KRATOCHVÍL, LUKÁŠ; YOUSEFKHANI, SEYYED SAEED HOSSEINIAN; FRYNTA, DANIEL (20 August 2014). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran". Zootaxa. 3855 (1): 1–97. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3855.1.1. PMID 25284505.
Werner YL (2006). "Retraction of Ptyodactylus Goldfuss from the fauna of Iran and its replacement by a new species of Asaccus Dixon & Anderson (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Hamadryad 30: 135-140.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Asaccus nasrullahi, p. 187).

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[iucn-1] Papenfuss, Theodore; Sharifi, Mozafar (2009). "Asaccus nasrullahi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164742A5922300. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164742A5922300.en. Downloaded on 20 January 2019.

[rdb-2] Asaccus nasrullahi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-11-03.

[smid2014-3] ŠMÍD, JIŘÍ; MORAVEC, JIŘÍ; KODYM, PETR; KRATOCHVÍL, LUKÁŠ; YOUSEFKHANI, SEYYED SAEED HOSSEINIAN; FRYNTA, DANIEL (20 August 2014). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran". Zootaxa. 3855 (1): 1–97. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3855.1.1. PMID 25284505.

[werner2006-4] Werner YL (2006). "Retraction of Ptyodactylus Goldfuss from the fauna of Iran and its replacement by a new species of Asaccus Dixon & Anderson (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Hamadryad 30: 135-140.

[5] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Asaccus nasrullahi, p. 187).