Asaccus authenticus NAZAROV, NABIZADEH, RAJABIZADEH, MELNIKOV, VOLKOVA, POYARKOV & RASTEGAR-POUYANI, 2024
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Asaccus authenticus
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| Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bandar-e Jask Leaf-toed Gecko |
| Synonym | Asaccus authenticus NAZAROV, NABIZADEH, RAJABIZADEH, MELNIKOV, VOLKOVA, POYARKOV & RASTEGAR-POUYANI 2024 |
| Distribution | Iran (Hormozgan) Type locality: sandstone cliff ca. 25 km northwards from Bandar-e jask, Hormozgan Province, southern Iran (25.8088° N; 57.8188° E, elevation 74 m a.s.l.) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZMMU R-17675 (field number RAN 3400), adult male, collected on April 26, 2018 by Roman A. Nazarov, daniel A. Melnikov, Hossein Nabizadeh, and Mehdi Rajabizadeh. Paratypes (n=5): ZMMU R-17676 (field number RAN 3401, adult female), ZMMU R-17677 (field number RAN 3402 adult male), MMTT 2269 (field RAN 3399 subadult), MMTT 2270 (field number RAN 3404, adult male) and ERP10900 (field number RAN 3403 adult female). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the genus Asaccus with the following combination of morphological characters: body size medium (Svlmax: 55.5 mm); limbs elongated; two pairs of postmentals, the anterior pair in broad contact; fine scales across the supraorbital region; 12–14 regular longitudinal rows of whitish, enlarged, weakly keeled, oval dorsal tubercles; small pointed tubercles on occiput, neck, and lateral surfaces of head; enlarged keeled tubercles scattered on the hindlimbs and the distal part of forelimbs; 2–3 small tubercles present on the upper arms; terminal lamellae on digits paired, extending beyond claws on 1/3 of the total length; cloacal tubercles weakly developed; ventral surface of the tail with transverse expanded plates; tip of tail laterally compressed and expanded; general background color light-grey with whitish dorsal tubercles; dorsal pattern consisting of five narrow transverse orange- brown bands: one on the neck, three on the body, and one on the sacrum; the interspaces between the dorsal bands wider than the bands themselves; five or six wide transverse bands on the tail, usually brownish or orange-brownish at the base, black in the middle, getting less distinct from the middle to the tip of the tail; tail tip white. (Nazarov et al. 2024) |
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