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). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 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. Nazarov et al. 2024 confirmed that they are closely related (although they treated them as separate species). NCBI taxonID: 27836213 [tangestanensis] |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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