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Microgecko latifi (LEVITON & ANDERSON, 1972)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Latifi's dwarf gecko 
SynonymTropiocolotes latifi LEVITON & ANDERSON 1972
Tropiocolotes (Microgecko) latifi — GOLUBEV 1984
Microgecko latifi — KLUGE 1993
Tropiocolotes (Microgecko) latifi — RÖSLER 1995: 161
Tropiocolotes latifi — FRYNTA et al. 1997
Tropiocolotes (Microgecko) latifi — RÖSLER 2000: 118
Microgecko latifi — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Microgecko latifi — BAUER et al. 2013 
DistributionIran (Kirman, Zagros Mountains, Fars Province [HR 27: 153], Markazi)

Type locality: Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CAS 134365 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Internasals enlarged, in contact, followed by an additional pair ofenlarged shields twice as large as succeeding scales (Fig. 83A in Anderson 1999: 193); no postmentals (Fig. 83B), mental rounded behind, bordered by 8 granules; about 75 dorsal scales from axilla to groin; nostril surrounded by four scales (Anderson 1999: 193, as Tropiocolotes). 
CommentDistribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 and GHOLAMIFARD et al 2019: 436 (Fig. 1) for distribution in Iran. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Mahmoud Latifi. 
References
  • 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, 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
  • Golubev, M. L. 1984. The structure of the genus Tropiocolotes (Reptilia:, Gekkonidae). [In Russian]. Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev 1984 (6): 12
  • Hosseinzadeh, M. S., Fois, M., Zangi, B., & Kazemi, S. M. 2020. Predicting past, current and future habitat suitability and geographic distribution of the Iranian endemic species Microgecko latifi (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Journal of Arid Environments 183: 104283 - 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.
  • Kami, Haji Gholi;Vakilpoure, Ebrahim 1996. Geographic Distribution. Tropiocolotes latifi. Herpetological Review 27 (3): 153 - get paper here
  • Leviton, A. E., and S. C. Anderson. 1972. Description of a new species of Tropiocolotes (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) with a revised key to the genus. Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. (96):1—7 - get paper here
  • Mirghazanfari, Seyyed Mehdi. 2013. Geographic Distribution: Tropiocolotes latifi (Latifi's dwarf gecko). Herpetological Review 44 (2): 274 - get paper here
  • Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah & Hamzeh Oraei, Morteza Johari 2009. A new record of the gekkonid lizard Tropiocolotes latifi Leviton & Anderson, 1972 from Iran (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Zoology in the Middle East 47: 105-107 - 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
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • SAFAEI-MAHROO, BARBOD; HANYEH GHAFFARI, & STEVEN C. ANDERSON 2016. A new genus and species of gekkonid lizard (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) from Hormozgan Province with a revised key to gekkonid genera of Iran. Zootaxa 4109 (4): 428–444 - 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. 2020. A new species of dwarf gecko of the genus Microgecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Iran. Sauria 42 (1): 41-54
  • Zangi, Bahman, Za-Housh, Behzad and Rajabizadeh, Mahdi 2016. Geographic Distribution: Microgecko latifi. Herpetological Review 47 (4): 629 - get paper here
 
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