| Asaccus | |
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| Asaccus elisae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Asaccus Dixon & S. Anderson, 19731 |
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18, see text. | |
Asaccus is a genus of geckos, commonly known as Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae.2
Geographic range
The genus Asaccus is endemic to the Middle East.2
Species
There are 18 species which are recognized as being valid in the genus Asaccus.3 Five were described in 2011.45
- Asaccus andersoni Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus arnoldi Simo-Riudalbas, Tarroso, Papenfuss, Al-Sariri, & Carranza, 2017
- Asaccus authenticus Nazarov, Nabizadeh, Rajabizadeh, Melnikov, Volkova, Poyarkov & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2024 – Bandar-e jask leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus barani Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus caudivolvulus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 – Emirati leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus elisae (F. Werner, 1895) – Werner's leaf-toed gecko, Elisa's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus gallagheri (Arnold, 1972) – Gallagher's leaf-toed gecko, Gallagher's gecko
- Asaccus gardneri Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016
- Asaccus granularis Torki, 2010
- Asaccus griseonotus Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973 – grey-spotted leaf-toed gecko, grey-marked gecko
- Asaccus iranicus Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus kermanshahensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, 1996 – Kermanshah leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus kurdistanensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, Nilson & Faizi, 2006 - Kurdistan leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus margaritae Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016 - Margarita's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus montanus Gardner, 1994 - mountain leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus nasrullahi Y. Werner, 2006 - Nasrullah's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus platyrhynchus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 - flat-snouted leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus saffinae Afrasiab & Mohamad, 2009
- Asaccus zagrosicus Torki et al., 2011
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Asaccus.
References
References
- "Asaccus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/phyllodactylidae.
- Papenfuss TJ et al. (2010). "Phylogenetic relationships among species of Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos (Asaccus)". Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 61 (13): 587-596.
- Asaccus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2013.
- Torki F et al. (2011). "Description of four new Asaccus Dixon and Anderson, 1973 (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) from Iran and Turkey". Amphibia-Reptilia 32 (2): 185-202.
- Torki F (2011). "Beschreibung eines neuen Asaccus (Sauria: Phyllodactylidae) aus dem Iran ". Sauria 33 (1) 51–61. (in German).
Further reading
Further reading
- Dixon JR, Anderson SC (1973). "A new genus and species of Gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Iran and Iraq". Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 72 (3): 155-160. (Asaccus, new genus, pp. 156–157; A. griseonotus, new species, pp. 158–160).