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Mediodactylus heterocercus (BLANFORD, 1874)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesMediodactylus heterocercus heterocercus (BLANFORD 1874)
Mediodactylus heterocercus mardinensis (MERTENS 1924) 
Common NamesE: Asia Minor Thin-Toed Gecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus heterocercus BLANFORD 1874: 453
Gymnodactylus heterocercus — BOULENGER 1885: 30
Gymnodactylus heterocercus — WERMUTH 1965: 54
Cyrtodactylus heterocercus — MINTON et al. 1970: 359
Cyrtopodion (Mediodactylus) heterocercus — BÖHME 1985: 96
Mediodactylus heterocercus — KLUGE 1993
Cyrtopodion heterocercum — ANDERSON 1999
Cyrtopodion (Mediodactylus) heterocercus — RÖSLER 2000: 69
Cyrtopodion heterocercum — FROST 2007 (pers. comm.)
Cyrtopodion (Mediodactylus) heterocercum — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Mediodactylus heterocercus — BAUER et al. 2013
Mediodactylus heterocercum — ŠMÍD et al. 2014
Mediodactylus heterocercum — MOZAFFARI et al. 2016

Mediodactylus heterocercus mardinensis (MERTENS 1924)
Gymnodactylus heterocercus mardinensis MERTENS 1924
Cytodactylus hetrocercus [sic] — NADER & JAWDAT 1976
Cyrtodactylus heterocercus mardinensis — BARAN & GRUBER 1982
Cyrtopodion heterocercus — KLUGE 1985
Tenuidactylus heterocercus mardinensis — SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1986
Cyrtopodion (Mediodactylus) heterocercus mardinensis — LEVITON et al. 1992
Cyrtopodion mardinensis — RÖSLER 2000
Cyrtopodion heterocercus mardinensis — UGURTAS et al. 2007
Cyrtopodion heterocercum mardinense — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Mediodactylus heterocercus mardinensis — BAUER et al. 2013
Cyrtpodion [sic] heterocercus mardinensis — MOHAMMED et al. 2017 
DistributionIran (Kermanshahan), SE Turkey (Mardin, Anatolia), S Iraq, Syria

heterocercus: Iran etc.; Type locality: Hamandran, West Persia [= Hamadan, Iran]

mardinensis: Turkey (SE Anatolia), N Syria, N Iraq  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MRSN (= MSNTO)
Lectotype: TZM R2532, adult female, “Persia dono Doria”, designated by SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV (1986:183)]
Holotype: SMF 8198 [mardinensis] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Dorsum with enlarged trihedral tubercles in 12-14 longitudinal rows; no enlarged subcaudal plates, tail covered below with strongly keeled imbricate scales in 5-7 longitudinal rows; sides oftail with greatly enlarged sharply keeled mucronate scales (Fig. 72C, Anderson 1999: 158).


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CommentNot listed by Engelmann et al. (1993).

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek heteros (ἕτερος), of another kind, different, and Greek kerkos = tail.

M. h. mardinensis was named after the type locality, Mardin (Turkey) 
References
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