Agamura

Agamura persica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Agamura
Species (3): A. cruralis – A. kermanensis – A. persica

Name

Agamura Blanford, 1874: 455

• Type species: Agamura cruralis Blanford, 1874, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Blanford, W.T. 1874. Descriptions of new lizards from Persia and Baluchistán. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4 13(78): 453–455. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680903 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Červenka, J., Kratochvíl, L. & Frynta, D. 2008. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Middle Eastern geckos of the genus Cyrtopodion and their selected relatives. Zootaxa 1931(1): 25–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1931.1.2 Reference page. 
• Hosseinian-Yousefkhani, S.S., Aliabadian, M., Rastegar-Pouyani, E. & Darvish, J. 2017. Geographic variation in morphology of the genus Agamura Blanford, 1874 in Iran. Amphibia-Reptilia 38(4): 449–459. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003129 Reference page. 
• Hosseinian-Yousefkhani, S.S., Aliabadian, M., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Darvish, J., Shafiei, S. & Sehhatisabet, M.E. 2018. Description of a new species of the genus Agamura Blanford, 1874 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Iran. Zootaxa 4457(2): 325–331. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.8. Reference page. 
• Hosseinian-Yousefkhani, S.S., Aliabadian, M., Rastegar-Pouyani, E. & Darvish, J. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the spider geckos of the genus Agamura senso lato Blanford, 1874 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Iranian Plateau. The Herpetological Journal 29(1): 1–12. DOI: 10.33256/hj29.1.112 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Agamura . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 May 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Persian Spider Geckos