Asaccus platyrhynchus ARNOLD & GARDNER, 1994
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Asaccus platyrhynchus
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| Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Flat-snouted Leaf-toed Gecko |
| Synonym | Asaccus platyrhynchus ARNOLD & GARDNER 1994 Asaccus platyrhynchus — RÖSLER 2000: 60 Asaccus platyrhynchus — PAPENFUSS et al. 2010 |
| Distribution | N Oman (Tanuf, Wadi Bani Kharus, Wadi Sahtan, al-Hijir, Wadi Halfayn) Type locality: Tanuf, Oman. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1973.706, female Paratypes: BMNH |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) Large (up to 63 mm from snout to vent); (2) scales across supraorbital region fine; (3) small dorsal tubercles present on back (12 longitudinal rows at mid-body) and (4) on occiput and elsewhere, but (5) absent on upper arm; (6) subtibial scales small; (7) paired terminal scansors on digits extending well beyond claws; (8) phalanges in fourth toe not reduced to four; (9) cloacal tubercle minute or absent; (10) tail tip not laterally compressed or vertically expanded; (11) a single transverse row of enlarged dorsal tubercles at the posterior edge of each tail segment; (12) subcaudal series of expanded scales reaching vent area anteriorly; (13) dorsum with a pattern of narrow dark transverse bars; (14) tail colour sexually dimorphic, being white barred black in females and yellow in males; (15) dorsal dark bars on the tail do not extend ventrally; (16) tail coiled and waved [ARNOLD & GARDNER 1994]. |
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