Cyrtopodion golubevi NAZAROV, ANANJEVA & RAJABIZADEH, 2010
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Cyrtopodion golubevi
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtopodion golubevi NAZAROV, ANANJEVA & RAJABIZADEH 2010 Cyrtopodion golubevi — NAZAROV et al. 2011 Cyrtopodion golubevi — BAUER et al. 2013 |
| Distribution | SE Iran (Sistan, Baluchestan Province) Type locality: Iran, Sistan-Balu- chestan Province, 100 km NW from Iranshehr, near Bazman. 27°52’ N 60°06’ E, 1060 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ZMMU R-12624 — coll. Roman A. Nazarov May 04, 2005; Paratypes: ZISP |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Snout-vent 43.3 – 59 mm, tail 53 – 79 mm; snout blunt-pointed, very big eyes; rounded smooth dorsal tubercles forming 10 longitudinal rows at midbody, 23 – 26 tubercles in the row (from occiput to the middle of sacrum); tail with segments, that were formed by semi-rings of enlarged weakly keeled round- ish tubercles, subcaudal plates in single median series, wider than height, not bifurcate in the tip of non-regen- erated tail; 22 – 30 abdominal scales across middle of belly, 115 – 141 midventral scales along belly. Males have 3 – 6 (usually 4) highly pronounced preanal pores in a regular row on enlarged scales. 8 – 11 infralabial scales, 12 – 14 supralabial. Mental plate is large, three pairs of submentals scales, first pair in broad contact. Nasal shields noticeably swollen (Fig. 5). Limbs and tail are very thin and attenuate. There are 6 – 8 transverse dark narrow bands on the dorsum, interspaces between which bigger to the width of bands; tip of tail light or white, without transverse bends. |
| Comment | Similar to Cyrtopodion agamuroides. Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | Named after Dr Michael Leonidovich Golubev (1947-2005), a Russian herpetologist who emigrated from Russia in the 1990s to work at the University of California, Davis and subsequently in Seattle. He co-wrote Gecko Fauna of the USSR and Contiguous Regions (1996). |
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