Asaccus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Asaccus
Species (18): A. andersoni – A. arnoldi – A. authenticus – A. barani – A. caudivolvulus – A. elisae – A. gallagheri – A. gardneri – A. griseonotus – A. ingae – A. iranicus – A. kermanshahensis – A. kurdistanensis – A. margaritae – A. montanus – A. platyrhynchus – A. saffinae – A. zagrosicus

Name

Asaccus Dixon & Anderson, 1973: 156

Type species: Phyllodactylus elisae Werner, 1895, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Dixon, J.R. & Anderson, S.C. 1973. A New Genus and Species of Gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Iran and Iraq. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 72(3): 155–160. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Gardner, A.S. 1994. A new species of Asaccus (Gekkonidae) from the mountains of northern Oman. Journal of Herpetology 28(2): 141–145. DOI: 10.2307/1564612 Reference page.
Arnold, E.N. & Gardner, A.S. 1994. A Review of the Middle Eastern Leaf-toed Geckoes (Gekkonidae: Asaccus) with Descriptions of Two New Species from Oman. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 424–441. ResearchGate Reference page.
Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 1996. A new species of Asaccus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Zagros Mountains, Kermanshahan Province, Western Iran. Russian Journal of Herpetology 3(1): 11–17. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-1996-3-1-11-17 [nonfunctional] Reference page.
Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Nilson, G. & Faizi, H. 2006. A new species of Asaccus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Kurdistan Province, western Iran. Hamadryad 30(1&2): 141–150. Reference page.
Werner, Y.L. 2006. Retraction of Ptyodactylus Goldfuss from the fauna of Iran and its replacement by a new species of Asaccus Dixon & Anderson (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Hamadryad 30(1&2): 135–140. Reference page.
Afrasiab, S.R. & Mohammed, S.I. 2009. A study on cave-dwelling geckos in Iraq, with the description of a new species from Saffine mountain (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Zoology in the Middle East 47(1): 49–56. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2009.10638346 Reference page.
Parsa, H., Oraie, H., Khosravani, A. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2009. Systematics and Distribution of the Iranian Plateau Leaf-toed Geckos of the Genus Asaccus (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 5(2): 43–55. DOI: 10.22067/ijab.v5i2.3338 Reference page.
Papenfuss, T.J., Jackman, T.R., Bauer, A.M., Stuart, B.L., Robinson, M.D. & Parham, J.F. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships among species of Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos (Asaccus). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4 61(13): 587–596. BHL Reference page.
Torki, F. 2010. Beschreibung eines neuen Asaccus (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) aus der Provinz Lorestan, Iran. Sauria 32(4): 3–16. PDF Reference page.
Torki, F., Fathinia, B., Reostami, H.A., Gharzi, A. & Nazari-Serenjeh, F. 2011. Beschreibung eines neuen Asaccus (Sauria: Phyllodactylidae) aus dem Iran. Sauria 33(1): 51–61. Reference page.
Torki, F., Ahmadzadeh, F., Ilgaz, Ç., Avcı, A. & Kumlutaş, Y. 2011. Description of four new Asaccus Dixon and Anderson, 1973 (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) from Iran and Turkey. Amphibia-Reptilia 32(2): 185–202. DOI: 10.1163/017353711X556998 Reference page.
Carranza, S., Simó-Riudalbas, M., Jayasinghe, S., Wilms, T. & Els, J. 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 Reference page.
Simó-Riudalbas, M., Tarroso, P., Papenfuss, T., Al-Sariri, T. & Carranza, S. [2017] 2018. Systematics, biogeography and evolution of Asaccus gallagheri (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) with the description of a new endemic species from Oman. Systematics and Biodiversity 16(4): 323–339. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2017.1403496 Reference page.
Fattahi, A., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Karamiani, R., Hosseinian Yousefkhani, S.S. & Fathinia, B. 2020. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the genus Asaccus Dixon and Anderson, 1973 (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) in Iran. Herpetological Journal 30(4): 207–214. DOI: 10.33256/hj30.4.207214 Reference page.
Kamali, K., Nazarizadeh, M., Fatemizadeh, F., Salmabadi, S., Hung, C.-M. & Kaboli, M. 2024. Integrating phylogenetic, phylogeographic, and morphometric analyses to reveal cryptic lineages within the genus Asaccus (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in Iran. BMC Zoology 9: 12. DOI: 10.1186/s40850-024-00203-1 Reference page.
Nazarov, R.A., Nabizadeh, H., Rajabizadeh, M., Melnikov, D.A., Volkova, V.R., Poyarkov, N.A. & Rastegar-Pouyani, E. 2024. Taxonomy of Iranian Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) with description of a new species from southern Iran. Zootaxa 5514(2): 101–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.2.1 Reference page.