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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Persia Leaf-toed Gecko, Persian gecko 
SynonymHemidactylus persicus ANDERSON 1872: 378
Hemidactylus persicus — BOULENGER 1885: 131
Hemidactylus bornmuelleri WERNER 1896 (fide SMITH 1935)
Hemidactylus persicus — SMITH 1935: 87
Hemidactylus persicus — WERMUTH 1965: 82
Hemidactylus persicus — KLUGE 1993
Hemidactylus persicus — RÖSLER 2000: 87
Hemidactylus persicus — ŠMÍD et al. 2014
Hemidactylus bornmuelleri — AFRASIAB & AL-MOUSSAWI 2020 
DistributionS Iran (Shiraz), Iraq, Saudi Arabia, N Oman, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar,
Pakistan (Sind, Waziristan), N India (Gujarat: Jassor Wildlife Sanctuary)

Type locality: restricted to Shiraz, Persia (by SMITH 1935)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 5961 (female)
Syntype: NMW 17661; “homotype”: INHRCM 368 [bornmuelleri] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Tail without sharp, denticulated lateral edge; numerous enlarged, strongly keeled dorsal tubercles arranged in 14-16 more or less regular longitudinal series; 12-14 lamellae and pairs of lamellae under basal expanded portion of fourth toe; 10-12 supralabials and 8-10 infralabials; males with 9-13 preanal pores (Anderson 1999: 173). 
CommentDistribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran and map in Burriel-Carranza et al. 2019 for map in UAE.

Synonymy: Afrasiab & Al-Moussawi re-described (and revalidated) Hemidactylus bornmuelleri but strangely listed it as “sp. n.”; apparently they did not examine the original type in NMW but designated a “homotype”. The validity of the revalidation remains a bit unclear due to lack of details. 
EtymologyNamed after its distribution in Persia (now: Iran). 
References
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