Cyrtopodion maritimum NAZAROV, NABIZADEH, RAJABIZADEH, MOADDAB, NIKOLAEV, SOLOVYEVA, MELNIKOV, ANANJEVA, POYARKOV & RATSEGAR-POUYANI, 2026
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Cyrtopodion maritimum
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Cyrtopodion maritimum NAZAROV, NABIZADEH, RAJABIZADEH, MOADDAB, NIKOLAEV, SOLOVYEVA, MELNIKOV, ANANJEVA, POYARKOV & RATSEGAR-POUYANI 2026: 99 |
| Distribution | Iran (Hormozgan) Type locality: Iran, Hormozgan Prov., 50 km south from Minab, near Kuhestak Vill. (26.883334° N 57.100002° E; elevation 28 m a.s.l.). |
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| Types | Holotype. Adult male ICSTZM 6H 1263 collected on May 1, 2008, by Roman Nazarov, Daniel Melnikov and Mahdi Radjabizadeh. Paratypes (12 specimens). Two adult females and three males ZMMU R-15002 (RAN 1145), R-15995 (RAN 1146), R-15996 (RAN 1147); ZISP 30413 (RAN 1143), ZISP 30414 (RAN 1144) — all have the same collection data as the holotype. The other part of the type series: four males and three females ZMMU R-15997 (RAN 3357), R-15998 (RAN 3360), R-15999 (RAN 3358); MMTT.Z.REP.RAN 3356, MMTT.Z.REP.RAN 3359, MMTT.Z.REP.1579 (RAN 3361), MMTT.Z.REP. 1580 (RAN 3362) were collected on 24 April 2018 in Iran, Hormozgan Prov., 35 km from the seacoast, inside a small mountain range, 15 km north of Kariyan Vill. (27.050001° N 57.266668° E; elevation 259 m a.s.l.). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=13): Small thin-toed geckos, with SVLmax of 44 mm, TailL 65 mm for males, and 46 mm and 61 mm for females, respectively; snout blunt, eyes large; smooth, rounded dorsal tubercles forming 8 – 10 rows across the middorsum; 26 – 30 tubercles in a paravertebral row; smooth tubercles present on the neck, on the sides of the head, and on the dorsal surface of hindlimbs but absent on the forelimbs; tail weakly segmented, with semi-rings of enlarged, keeled, elongate tubercles bordering each segment; subcaudal plates in a single median row, bifurcated on the distal third of a non-regenerated tail; 22 – 34 ventral scales across the belly; 117 – 136 midventral scales along the body. Males have a row of 3 – 8 well developed precloacal pores in slightly enlarged scales; no enlarged femoral scales or femoral pores; a large triangular mental plate; three pairs of postmentals, first pair in broad contact, and twice the size of the second pair. Limbs and tail thin and elongated. The blotched dorsal pattern usually forms 7 – 8 transverse series of 3 – 5 separate dark oblong spots. Tip of the tail white and patternless. (Nazarov et al. 2026) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about less than half a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Status: this species should be considered as preliminary, given that the authors only used a COI fragment for sequencing and did not compare it to all Iranian species (which are also not all shown on the map). |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality in the coastal area along the Persian Gulf, at low elevations. The species name is derived from Latin maritimus (“of the seashore,” “coastal”). |
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