Asaccus is a genus of geckos, commonly known as Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae.[2]
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| Asaccus elisae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Asaccus Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973[1] |
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19, see text. | |
Geographic range edit
The genus Asaccus is endemic to the Middle East.[2]
Species edit
There are 19 species which are recognized as being valid in the genus Asaccus.[3] Five were described in 2011.[4][5]
- Asaccus andersoni Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus arnoldi Simo-Riudalbas, Tarroso, Papenfuss, Al-Sariri, & Carranza, 2017
- 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 tangestanensis Torki et al., 2011
- 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 edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Asaccus.
- ^ "Asaccus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/phyllodactylidae.
- ^ a b 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 edit
- 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).