Asaccus margaritae, or Margarita's leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. It is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula and occurs in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.[1] It was first described in 2016.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Asaccus |
| Species: | A. margaritae
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| Binomial name | |
| Asaccus margaritae Carranza, Simo-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms, & Els, 2016
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References edit
- ^ Asaccus margaritae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 January 2019.
- ^ Carranza, Salvador; Simó-Riudalbas, Marc; Jayasinghe, Sithum; Wilms, Thomas; Els, Johannes (18 August 2016). "Microendemicity in the northern Hajar Mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates with the description of two new species of geckos of the genus Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae)". PeerJ. 4: e2371. doi:10.7717/peerj.2371. PMC 4994081. PMID 27602305.
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