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Eublepharis turcmenicus DAREVSKY, 1977

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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Turkmenistan (or Turkmenian) Eyelid Gecko
G: Turkmenischer Leopardgecko 
SynonymEublepharis turcmenicus DAREVSKY in BANNIKOV et al. 1977
Eublepharis turkmenicus DAREVSKY 1978 (invalid emendation)
Eublepharis macularius (BLYTH 1854)
Cyrtodactylus macularius BLYTH 1854
Eublepharis turcmenicus — KLUGE 1993
Eublepharis turcmenicus — RÖSLER 2000: 78
Eublepharis turcmenicus — KAVERKIN in SEUFER et al. 2005
Eublepharis turcmenicus — NASRABADI et al. 2017 
Distributionformer USSR (Province Turkman Kopetdag), Kyrgyzstan,
S Turkmenistan (Kopetdagh, Turkmen-Khorasan Mountains),
N Iran (east of the Caspian Sea, south to Razavi Khorasan)

Type locality: near Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan; Bakharden, Kopet Dag, Turkmenistan fide ANDERSON 1999. Vicinity of Baharly (formerly Bäherden), Kopetdag, Turkmenistan (fide Igor Doronin, pers. comm., 23 Aug 2016).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZISP (ZIL) 10103, adult male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Anderson 1999: 122. 
CommentSynonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.). The original proposal of Eublepharis turcmenicus was published in 1977, but a full, formal description, including the type locality and holotype designation, was published by Darevsky only in 1978 (Darevsky, 1978).

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality in Turkmenistan 
References
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  • Ananjeva, NB, Orlov NL; Khalikov RG; Darevsky IS; Ryabov IS & Barabanov AV 2006. The Reptiles of North Eurasia. Taxonomic Diversity, Distribution, Conservation Status [this comprises the territory of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia]. Pensoft Series Faunistica 47, 250 pp.
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  • Auer, Markus; Susann Richter and Ali Khani 2008. A new record of the Turkmenian Fat-Tailed Gecko, Eublepharis turcmenicus Darevsky, 1978, from north-eastern Iran (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zoology in the Middle East 45: - get paper here
  • Darevsky, l. S. 1977. Eublepharis turcmenicus. Pp. 83-84. In Bannikov, A. G., l. S. Darevsky, V. G. Ishchenko, A. K. Rustamov, and N. N. Shcherbak. Guide to the amphibian and reptilian fauna of the USSR [in Russian]. Prosveshchenie, Moscow. - get paper here
  • Darevsky, l. S. 1978. About the gecko genus Eublepharis occuring in Middle Asia [in Russian]. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Academia of Science, USSR, 61:204—209.
  • Davletbakov, A. T.; L. A. Kustareva, D. A. Milko, A. N. Ostastshenko, S. S. Sagymbaev, S. A. Toropov, N. V. Trotchenko 2015. Genetical Fund Cadastre of Kyrgyz Republic. Vol. IV. Phylum Chordata (chordates). Bishkek, 128 p. + XXXVI color tables - get paper here
  • Grismer,L.L. 1991. Cladistic relationships of the lizard Eublepharis turcmenicus (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Journal of Herpetology 25 (2): 251-253 - get paper here
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  • Hosseinian Yousefkhani, SEYYED SAEED & HOSSEIN NABIZADEH. 2022. Response to the future climate change effect of two leopard geckos’ distribution (Sauria: Eublepharidae) in Iran. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 15(3): 354-358. - get paper here
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