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Microgecko helenae NIKOLSKY, 1907

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesMicrogecko helenae fasciatus (SCHMIDTLER & SCHMIDTLER 1972)
Microgecko helenae helenae (NIKOLSKY 1907) 
Common NamesE: Khuzestan Dwarf gecko 
SynonymMicrogecko helenae NIKOLSKY 1907
Microgecko helenae — WERNER 1936
Tropiocolotes helenae — MERTENS 1956
Microgecko helenae — ANDERSON 1961
Microgecko helenae — ANDERSON 1963
Tropiocolotes helenae — MINTON 1962
Microgecko helenae — GUIBÉ 1966
Microgecko helenae — KLUGE 1967
Tropiocolotes helenae — MINTON, ANDERSON & ANDERSON 1970
Microgecko helenae — TUCK 1970
Microgecko helenae — KLUGE 1993
Tropiocolotes helenae — FRYNTA et al. 1997
Tropiocolotes helenae — ANDERSON 1999: 191
Tropiocolotes (Microgecko) helenae — RÖSLER 2000: 117
Microgecko helenae — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Microgecko helenae — BAUER et al. 2013

Microgecko helenae fasciatus (SCHMIDTLER & SCHMIDTLER 1972)
Tropiocolotes helenae fasciatus SCHMIDTLER & SCHMIDTLER 1972: 62
Tropiocolotes helenae fasciatus — FRANZEN & GLAW 2007
Microgecko helenae fasciatus — ŠMÍD et al. 2014
Microgecko helenae fasciatus — JABLONSKI et al. 2020 
DistributionIran, Pakistan ?

helenae: Iran; Type locality: Aguljasdiker, Alchorschir und Bidczar (alle „Arabistan" = Khuzestan), sowie Isfagan ( = Isfahan?) in „Kuchcstan". Restricted to (hoc loco): Bidezar = Bid Zard. “Alchorschir; Aguljaschker; Isfagan; Bidezar, Khuzestan Province, Iran” fide ANDERSON 1999 [restricted to Bidezar [=Bid Zard] by J J Schmidtler and J F Schmidtler 1972:60; Alchorschir by designation of lectotype by SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1986:111, 113]

fasciatus: Iran (Kermanshahan, Lorestan Provinces, western Zagros Mountains), Iraq. Type locality: Sorkh-e Dize, 125 km west of Kermanshahan, on road to Baghdad, Kermanshahan Prov., Iran [close to Iraqi border at 1000-1500 m. elevation].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZISP (ZIL) 10242 (designated by SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1986:111); other specimens: CAS, USNM,
Holotype: ZSM 501/68 [fasciatus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): the genus Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907, iss characterized by a vertical pupil, body scales, including subdigital lamellae on fingers and toes, smooth, supranasal scales significantly larger than other nasal scales and always contacting nostrils; one or two pairs of postsupranasal scales well-developed; dorsal scales distinctly smaller than ventrals and no enlarged subcaudal plates nor precloacal pores (Szczerbak & Golubev 1996, Masroor et al. 2020). 
CommentSynonymy and subspecies: Szczerbak & Golubev (1996) suspected that fasciatus is a variant of helenae and thus a synonym.

Distribution: Not in Pakistan fide KHAN 2002 (pers. comm.). See map in SMID et al. 2014 and GHOLAMIFARD et al 2019: 436 (Fig. 1) for distribution in Iran. Note that some populations from the southern Zagros Mountains of Iran have been split off as M. varaviensis. Not listed for Iraq by Mohammed et al. 2017 (RJH 24: 193).

Type species: Microgecko helenae NIKOLSKY 1907 is the type species of the genus Microgecko NIKOLSKY 1907.

Key: see GHOLAMIFARD et al 2019: 451, Torki 2020, and Masroor et al. 2020 for keys to the species of Microgecko. Masroor et al. 2020 also has a table comparing most species. 
EtymologyNamed after Helena Nikolsky (Nikolsky, the author, doesn’t given any further details about her). 
References
  • ANANJEVA, NATALIA B.; KONSTANTIN D. MILTO, ANDREI V. BARABANOV, EVGENY A. GOLYNSKY 2020. An annotated type catalogue of amphibians and reptiles collected by Nikolay A. Zarudny in Iran and Middle Asia. Zootaxa 4722 (2): 101–128 - get paper here
  • Anderson S. C. 1961. A note on the synonymy of Microgecko Nikolsky with Tropiocolotes Peters. Wasmann Journal of Biology 19: 287-289. - get paper here
  • Anderson, S.C. 1963. Amphibians and Reptiles from Iran. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. Ser. 4, 31(16): 417-498 - get paper here
  • Anderson, Steven C 1999. The lizards of Iran. Contributions to Herpetology Volume 15, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Saint Louis, Missouri: i-vii, 1-442 [review in Copeia 2000 (4): 1144] - 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
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
  • GHOLAMIFARD, Ali; ; Nasrullah RASTEGAR-POUYANI; and Eskandar RASTEGAR-POUYANI 2015. Rediscovery of Microgecko helenae fasciatus (Schmidtler and Schmidtler, 1972) from Kermanshah Province, Western Iran with Notes on Taxonomy, Morphology, and Habitat. Asian Herpetological Research 6(4): 339-346 - get paper here
  • Gholamifard, Ali; Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani 2015. Microgecko helenae helenae Nikolsky, 1907 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) Extends Its Range to the Southern Zagros Mountains, South of Iran. Russ. J. Herpetol. 22 (1): 1-10 - get paper here
  • GHOLAMIFARD, ALI; NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI 2019. A new species of the genus Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the southern Zagros Mountains, Iran. Zootaxa 4648 (3): 435–454 - get paper here
  • GHOLAMIFARD, ALI; NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI, AZAR KHOSRAVANI, SEYYED SAEED HOSSEINIAN YOUSEFKHANI, HAMZEH ORAEI 2016. A new species of the genus Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from southern Iran. Zootaxa 4093 (1): 026–040 - get paper here
  • Guibe, J. 1966. Contribution a l’etude des Microgecko Nikolsky et Tropiocolotes Peters (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae). Bulletin du Museum National d ‘Histoire Naturelle (ser. 2) 38: 337-346.
  • Jablonski, D., Benovics, M., Vorel, J., Mohammed, S. I., & Afrasiab, S. R. 2020. The first record of the genus Microgecko Nikolskii, 1907 for Iraq. Herpetozoa 33: 149-155 - get paper here
  • Kamali, Kamran 2020. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Iran. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (www.chimaira.de). 574 pp.
  • Karamiani, Rasoul; Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani 2012. Westernmost Record of Khuzestan Dwarf Gecko Tropiocolotes helenae helenae (Nikolsky, 1907) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Kermanshah Province, Western Iran. Russ. J. Herpetol. 19 (3): 212–216<br /> - get paper here
  • Mertens,R. 1956. Amphibien und Reptilien aus S.O. Iran. Jahreshefte Ver. vaterl. Naturk. Württemberg 111: 90-97
  • Minton, S. A., Jr., S. C. Anderson, and J. A. Anderson. 1970. Remarks on some geckos from southwest Asia, with descriptions of three new forms and a key to the genus Tropiocolotes. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 37: 333—362 - get paper here
  • Nikolsky, A. M. 1907. Reptiles et amphibiens recueillis (part.) M. N. A. Zarudny en Perse en 1903-1904 [in Russian and Latin]. Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci., St. Petersburg 10 [1905]: 260-301 - 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
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schmidtler, J. J., and J. F. Schmidtler. 1972. Zwerggeckos aus dem Zagros-Gebirge (Iran). Salamandra 8 (2): 59-66 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Torki F., Gharzi A., Nazari-Serenje F., Javanmardi S., Heidari N., Azizpourian A., Mahdavi S., and Mahdavi-Zarkhoni M. A. 2008. Geckos of the Genera Tropiocolotes and Asaccus in the Zagros Mountains, Iran. Gekko 5 (2): 31-43
  • Torki, F. 2007. Sexual dimorphism in the Banded Dwarf Gecko, Tropiocolotes helenae fasciatus (Gekonidae) on the western Iranian plateau. Zoology in the Middle East 40: 33-38 - get paper here
  • Torki, F. 2020. A new species of dwarf gecko of the genus Microgecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Iran. Sauria 42 (1): 41-54
  • Torki. F. & Gharzi, A. 2008. Morphologische und ökologische Aspekte von Tropiocolotes helenae (NIKOLSKY, 1907) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Sauria 30 (1): 13-20 - get paper here
  • Tuck,R. G. 1970. Rediscovery and redescription of the Khuzistan dwarf gecko, Microgecko helenae NIKOLSKY (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 83: 477-482 - get paper here
 
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