Mediodactylus sagittifer (NIKOLSKY, 1900)
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Jaz Murian Bent-Toed Gecko, Bampur Thin-Toed Gecko |
Synonym | Gymnodactylus sagittifer NIKOLSKY 1900: 379 Gymnodactylus heterocercus heterocercus — WETTSTEIN & LÖFFLER 1951: 432 Cyrtodactylus saggitifer — ANDERSON 1974: 33 (in error) Tenuidactylus sagittifer — SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1984: 54 Cyrtopodion (Mediodactylus) sagittifer — BÖHME 1985: 96 Mediodactylus sagittifer — KLUGE 1993 Cyrtopodion sagittifer — ANDERSON 199: 166 Cyrtopodion (Mediodactylus) sagittifer — RÖSLER 2000: 75 Cyrtopodion sagittiferum — FROST 2007 (pers. comm.) Cyrtopodion sagittifer — NAZAROV & RAJABIZADEH 2007 Cyrtopodion (Mediodactylus) sagittifer — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Cyrtopodion dehakroense MASROOR 2009 Mediodactylus sagittifer — BAUER et al. 2013 Mediodactylus dehakroensis — BAUER et al. 2013 Mediodactylus dehakroense — KHAN 2017 |
Distribution | SE Iran (Sistan and Baluchistan), Pakistan Type locality: “Kirmano in Persia orientali”. “Bampur and Farra, south-eastern Iran” fide ANDERSON 1999, [restricted to Bampur by SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1986:180] dehakroense: Pakistan; Type locality: Ganjo Wetland, Deh Akro-II Wildlife Sanctuary, Nawabshah District, Sindh, Pakistan (26º27 ′ 26.0 ″ N, 68º49 ′ 24.9 ″ E), 9.8 m elevation. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Lectotype: ZISP (also as ZIL) 9331, designated by SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1986:180; paralectotypes: ZISP (ZIL) 9332-9333 Holotype: PMNH 2167, an adult male (Pakistan Museum of Natural History); collected by R. Masroor on 7 January 2009 [dehakroense] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Dorsal tubercles oval, keeled; diameter of ear opening smaller than half longitudinal diameter of eye; anterior pair of enlarged postmentals in contact; no subfemoral tubercles; males with 2-4 preanal pores; subcaudal scales one head-width behind vent small, keeled, not forming large plates; 14-16 abdominal scales across middle of belly (9-12 scales in a distance across belly equal to length of snout). (Anderson 1999) Additional details (1037 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Synonymy: Cyrtopodion dehakroense is conspecific with Mediodactylus sagittifer (ČERVENKA & KRATOCHVIL 2010, NAZAROV et al 2012). NAZAROV et al 2012: 298 also say (a bit confusingly) that dehakroense is a junior synonym of C. brevipes. Habitat: trees. Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. Etymology (dehakroense): Named after its type locality. |
Etymology | Named after Latin sagittifer, arrow-bearing; armed with arrows, apparently for the arrow shaped dorsal pattern. |
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