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Cyrtopodion gastrophole (WERNER, 1917)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Farsian spider gecko, Werner's Spider Gecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus gastropholis WERNER 1917
Agamura gastropholis — MINTON 1966
Cyrtodactylus gastropholis —ANDERSON 1968
Cyrtopodion gastropholis — LEVITON et al. 1992: 33
Agamura gastropholis — KLUGE 1993
Cyrtopodion gastrophole — ANDERSON 1999
Cyrtopodion gastropholis — NAZAROV & RAJABIZADEH 2007
Cyrtopodion (incertae sedis) gastrophole — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Cyrtopodion gastrophole — BAUER et al. 2013
Cyrtopodion gastropholis — SMID et al. 2014 
DistributionSC c (Province Fars)

Type locality: Fars Province, Persia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZFMK 27095, Syntype: ZMH R04348 (formerly no. 849 (4335); formerly 8 syntypes deposited in the “Zoologisches Museum der Universität Göttingen” (Böhme & Bischoff 1984). The designation of a lectotype by SHCHERBAK & GOLUBEV (1986) is invalid as WERNER (1917) himself had designated already the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Anterior pair of enlarged postmehtals in contact; no subfemoral tubercles; males with four preanal pores; subcaudal scales one head-width behind vent enlarged, plate-like, in single median series; snout length 1-1/2 times diameter of eye; dorsal tubercles distinctly smaller than interspaces, rounded; peritoneum darkly pigmented; limbs and tail thin, attenuate; 10-16 abdominal scales across middle of belly (6-8 scales across belly in distance equal to length of snout). (Leviton et al. 1992) 
CommentSynonymy: Has been synonymized with Gymnodactylus (=Cyrtopodion) agamuroides by WETTSTEIN 1951 (cited in WERMUTH 1965).

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran.

Nomenclature: the specific epithet gastropholis is a noun in apposition and not an adjective! 
References
  • AHMADZADEH, FARAHAM; MORRIS FLECKS, FARHANG TORKI & WOLFGANG BÖHME 2011. A new species of angular-toed gecko, genus Cyrtopodion (Squamata: Gekkoni- dae), from southern Iran. Zootaxa 2924: 22–32 - get paper here
  • BAUER, AARON M.; RAFAQAT MASROOR, JAMES TITUS-MCQUILLAN, MATTHEW P. HEINICKE,, JUAN D. DAZA & TODD R. JACKMAN 2013. A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3599 (4): 301–324 - get paper here
  • Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here
  • Frynta,D. et al. 1997. Results of the Czech biological expedition to Iran. Part 1. Notes on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 61: 3-17
  • Kamali, Kamran 2020. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Iran. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (www.chimaira.de). 574 pp.
  • Leviton,A.E.; Anderson,S.C.; Adler, K.; Minton,S.A. 1992. Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. SSAR, Oxford, Ohio (Contr. to Herpetol. No. 8), 1-252
  • Meyer, M. 2004. Agamura persica - Der Spinnengecko aus dem Mittleren Osten. Draco 5 (18): 59-63 - get paper here
  • Minton, S. A. Jr. 1966. A contribution to the herpetology of West Pakistan. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 134: 29-184. - get paper here
  • Nazarov, Roman A. and Mehdi Rajabizadeh 2007. A new species of angular-goed gecko of the genus Cyrtopodion (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from south-east Iran (Sistan-Baluchistan province). Russ. J. Herpetol. 14 (2):137-144 - get paper here
  • Nazarov, Roman A., Natalia B. Ananjeva and J. Theodore Papenfuss. 2011. A new species of thin-toes geckos Cyrtopodion sensu lato (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Balochistan Province, South Pakistan. Russ. J. Herpetol. 18 (2): 130-137
  • Nazarov, Roman A.;Dmitry А. Bondarenko, Mehdi Radjabizadeh 2012. A New Species of Thin-Toed Geckos Cyrtopodion sensu lato (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Hormozgan Province, South Iran. Russ. J. Herpetol. 19 (4): 292-298 - get paper here
  • Nazarov, Roman; Natalia Ananjeva, and Mehdi Radjabizadeh 2010. Two New Species of Angular-Toed Geckoes (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from South Iran. Russ. J. Herpetol. 16 (4): 311-324 [2009] - get paper here
  • RASTEGAR-POUYANI, NASRULLAH; HAJI GHOLI KAMI, MEHDI RAJABZADEH, SOHEILA SHAFIEI AND STEVEN CLEMENT ANDERSON 2008. Annotated Checklist of Amphibians and Reptiles of Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 4 (1): 7-30
  • Shcherbak, N. N. [= Szczerbak], and M. L. Golubev 1996. Gecko fauna of the USSR and contiguous regions. SSAR [Russian original published in 1986]. [book review in Salamandra 36 (2): 138]
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
  • ŠMÍD, JIŘÍ; JIŘÍ MORAVEC, PETR KODYM, LUKÁŠ KRATOCHVÍL, SEYYED SAEED HOSSEINIAN YOUSEFKHANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI & DANIEL FRYNTA 2014. Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran. Zootaxa 3855 (1): 001–097 - get paper here
  • Werner, F. 1917. Reptilien aus Persien (Provinz Fars). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 67:191—220. - get paper here
  • Wettstein, O. von & Löffler, H. 1951. Ergebnisse der österreichischen Iran-Expedition 1949l50. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., Abt. 1, 160: 427-448 - get paper here
 
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