Asaccus elisae

Asaccus elisae

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 Cladus: 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: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Asaccus
Species: Asaccus elisae

Name

Asaccus elisae (Werner, 1895)

• Syntypes (n=5): NHMW 17525 (4 specimens) and BMNH 1946.8.24.39 (formerly 95.3.2.3), donated by J. Bornmüller on October 1894.
• Type locality: “aus den Ruinen von Niniveh stammen”.

Combinations

• Phyllodactylus elisae Werner, 1895: 14 [original combination]
• Asaccus elisae — Dixon & Anderson, 1973: 157 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Phyllodactylus eugeniae Nikolsky, 1907: 268 [synonymised by Werner (1917: 196)]
  • Syntypes (n=21): ZISP 10261 [6+], 10262 [6+], 10263 [4], 10270 [3], 10349, 10367.
  • Type locality: “Urbs Dizful in Arabistano”, “Flum. Abu-Garia (ad flum. Karun)” and “Urbs Dizful”.

Native distribution areas

• Türkiye: restricted to a few localities along the Euphrates River valley in southeastern Anatolia.
• Syria: Abu Kamal and Al Salhyeh.
• Iraq: northern and eastern.
• Iran: western.

References

Primary references

• Werner, F. 1895. Über eine Sammlung von Reptilien aus Persien, Mesopotamien und Arabien. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 45: 13–22. BHL
• Nikolsky, A.M. 1907. Reptiles et amphibiens recueillis (part.) M. N. A. Zarudny en Perse en 1903-1904. Annuaire du Musée zoologique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 10: 260–301. BHL
• Werner, F. 1917. Reptilien aus Persien (Provinz Fars). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 67: 191–220. BHL
• 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

• 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. 

Links

• Tok, V., Ugurtas, I., Sevinç, M., Böhme, W., Crochet, P.-A., Anderson, S., Kaya, U. & Akarsu, F. 2009. IUCN: Asaccus elisae  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164739A5921866. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164739A5921866.en. Accessed on 26 August 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Werner's Leaf-toed Gecko