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Asaccus elisae (WERNER, 1896)

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Werner's Leaf-Toed Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus elisae WERNER 1896: 14
Phyllodactylus eugeniae NIKOLSKY 1907
Phyllodactylus elisae — SCHMIDT 1939
Phyllodactylus eliasae — HAAS [sic] 1952
Phyllodactylus ingae EISELT 1973
Phyllodactylus elisae — ARNOLD 1977: 100
Asaccus elisae — DIXON & ANDERSON 1973
Asacus [sic] elisae — BARAN & GRUBER 1982
Asaccus elisae — KLUGE 1993
Asaccus elisae — RÖSLER 1995: 98
Asaccus elisae — PAPENFUSS et al. 2010
Asaccus elisae — NASRABADI et al. 2017
Asaccus elisae — KAMALI et al. 2024 
DistributionS Turkey (Birecik, SE Anatolia, Sanliurfa: HR 33: 223)
E Iraq, SW Iran, NE Syria (Niniveh)

Type locality: ruins of Niniveh (near Mosul)

eugeniae: Iran; Type locality: Dizful and Abu-Garia, affluent to Karun River, Iran [= Dezful, Khuzestan Province, Iran, 32.38 N 48.41 E]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: NMW (4 spec.); BMNH 95.3.2.3 (1946.8.24.39)
Syntypes ZISP (also as ZIL) 10261 [6+], 10262 [6+], 10263 [4], 10270[3], 10349) [Phyllodactylus eugeniae] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Easily distinguishable from other Asaccus species by the strongly keeled dorsal tubercles, the length of the tubercles being equal to the length of the oval ear opening, enlarged tubercles on upper arm, and whorls of keeled and pointed tubercles and scales on the tail. Tail length 55-70 mm, thinner and much longer than snout-vent length. Body slender, about 45-50 mm; dorsum with two series of dark spots on each side of vertebral line. Male with 4 wide black bands on the tail. Lamellae adhesive pads smaller than ear opening, claws extending somewhat the digit scansors.


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CommentPhylogenetics (genus): Tamar et al. 2018, Fattahi et al. 2020, and Kamali et al. 2024 found many unnamed clades within (Iranian) Asaccus, although they did not name any of them.

Synonymy: mostly after ARNOLD & GARDNER 1994. Not listed by Engelmann et al. (1993). Kamali et al. 2024 synonymized A. zagrosicus with A. elisae but see comment under A. zagrosicus.

Type species: Phyllodactylus elisae WERNER 1895 is the type species of the genus Asaccus DIXON & ANDERSON 1973.

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. 
EtymologyNot given by Werner but probably his wife or daughter. 
References
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  • 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. 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
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  • Arnold, E. N. 1977. Little-known geckoes (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Arabia with descriptions of two new species from the Sultanate of Oman. The Scientific Results of the Oman Flora and Fauna Survey, 1975. Journal of Oman Studies, Special Report, (1):81—110 [1975]
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