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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesTenuidactylus longipes longipes (NIKOLSKY 1896)
Tenuidactylus longipes microlepis (LANTZ 1918) 
Common NamesE: Nikolsky's Long-Toed Gecko, Long-Legged Thin-Toed Gecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus longipes NIKOLSKY 1896
Cyrtodactylus longipes — ANDERSON 1963: 474
Tenuidactylus longipes — SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1984: 53
Cyrtopodion (Tenuidactylus) longipes — BÖHME 1985: 96
Tenuidactylus longipes — KHAN & TASNIM 1990
Tenuidactylus longipes — KLUGE 1993
Cyrtopodion (Tenuidactylus) longipes — RÖSLER 1995: 113
Cyrtopodion longipes — ANDERSON 1999: 163
Tenuidactylus longipes — SZCZERBAK 2003
Indogekko longipes — KHAN 2003
Indogekko longipes — KRYSKO et al. 2007
Indogekko longipes — KHAN 2008
Cyrtopodion (Tenuidactylus) longipes — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Tenuidactylus longipes — BAUER et al. 2013
Tenuidactylus longipes — RÖSLER 2018: 69

Tenuidactylus longipes longipes (NIKOLSKY 1896)
Gymnodactylus longipes longipes — GORELOV et al. 1974: 35
Tenuidactylus longipes longipes — SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1986: 156
Cyrtopodion longipes longipes — ANDERSON 1999: 163
Cyrtopodion (Tenuidactylus) longipes longipes — RÖSLER 2000: 74

Tenuidactylus longipes microlepis (LANTZ 1918)
Gymnodactylus microlepis LANTZ 1918
Gymnodactylus fedtschenkoi — SMITH 1935: 41 (part.)
Gymnodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) longipes microlepis — GORELOV et al. 1974: 35
Tenuidactylus longipes microlepis — SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1986: 156
Cyrtopodion longipes microlepis — ANDERSON 1999: 164
Cyrtopodion (Tenuidactylus) longipes microlepis — RÖSLER 2000: 74
Tenuidactylus microlepis — NAZAROV & POYARKOV 2013 
DistributionE Iran, Afghanistan, former USSR, S Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, S Uzbekistan

longipes: E Iran, adjacent Afghanistan

microlepis: SW Turkmenistan, Iran

Type locality: Tedzhen, S Turkmenistan  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZISP (ZIL) 8810, designated by SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1986:153; Paralectotypes (former syntypes): ZISP (ZIL) 8809 (6), 8810 (3), 8811
Lectotype: ZMMU 151 (designated by Szczerbak & Golubev, 1986) [microlepis]
Holotype: CAS 120322 [voraginosus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (longipes): Enlarged dorsal tubercles separated by small scales; 27-36 abdominal scales across middle ofbelly; 26-30 dorsal tubercles in paravertebral row from occiput to level of vent; 32-38 preanal and femoral pores (total both sides), series not separated by scales lacking pores, females with corresponding depressions in scales; 12-16 interorbital scales; length of forelimb 38-45% of snout-vent length; first pair of postmentals usually in relatively broad or point contact, or separated by one or two scales (Anderson 1999: 163, who listed this species under Cyrtopodion). 
CommentSynonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.)

Subspecies: Cyrtopodion longipes voraginosus (LEVITON & ANDERSON 1984) is now considered as a valid species.

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin longus = long + L. pes = leg, foot (Borror, 1988). 
References
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