Asaccus iranicus TORKI, AHMADZADEH, ILGAZ, AVCI & KUMLUTAS, 2011
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Asaccus iranicus
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| Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Asaccus iranicus TORKI, AHMADZADEH, ILGAZ, AVCI & KUMLUTAS 2011 Asaccus tangestanensis TORKI, AHMADZADEH, ILGAZ, AVCI & KUMLUTAS 2011 Asaccus tangestanensis — NASRABADI et al. 2017 Asaccus iranicus — NASRABADI et al. 2017 Asaccus iranicus — KAMALI et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | S Iran (Bushehr Province) Type locality: coastal Persian Gulf, Assaloye City, Bushehr Province, Southern Iran (27° 18′ N, 52° 42′ E, elevation 50-221 m). tangestanensis: S Iran (southern Zagros Mountains, Bushehr Province). Type locality: southern Zagros Mountains, Khaiiz, Tangestan City, Bushehr Province, Southern Iran (28° 43′ N, 51° 31′ E, elevation 525 m. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ZFMK 91933, originally FTHM (also as FTHR) 002690, female, collected by F. Torki and Faraham Ahmadzadeh, on 1 May 2008. Paratype: FTHM (also as FTHR) 002691. Adult male, other data as for holotype. Holotype: ZFMK 91934 (formerly FTHM = FTHR) 002670, adult male, collected on 4 May 2008 by F. Torki and Faraham Ahmadzadeh. Paratypes: FTHM [tangestanensis] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Small Asaccus; forelimb fingersparallel joint to palm; dorsal body covered allover by tubercles; small dorsal tubercles keeled and trihedral type a and b; dorsolateral tubercles keeled, pointed or simple, much smaller than the middle; tubercles on the middle of theneck keeled, laterals pointed; occipital tuber-cles pointed or simple; upper head tubercles very small and simple; simple tubercles extend between interorbit and upper eyelash; several coarse tubercles (sharp or simple) in front of the eyes; simple tubercles cover the arm and fore-arm, tubercles not extend into palm and digits; thigh covered with keeled tubercles, laterals covered with simple or pointed tubercles, smaller than the middle; foreleg tubercles extend into palm and upper part of the 1st and 2nd digits (Additional characters are shown in Table 1 in TORKI et al. 2011). Additional details (4092 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Synonymy: Kamali et al. 2024 synonymized Asaccus tangestanensis with A. iranicus. NCBI taxonID: 27836213 [tangestanensis] |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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