Asaccus kurdistanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Asaccus
Species: Asaccus kurdistanensis

Name

Asaccus kurdistanensis Rastegar-Pouyani, Nilson & Faizi, 2006: 142

• Holotype: RUZM 1999, adult ♂, collected by Hiva Faizi on 13 June 2004.
• Type locality: “ca. 1,850 m elevation, in the Zagros Mountains, 10 km north-west of Sarvabad, between Marivan and Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, western Iran (46°17′E; 35°08′N)”, coordinates corrected to “46°28’ E, 35°28’ N” by Torki & Sharifi (2007).

Native distribution areas

• Iran: Kurdistan and Kermanshah provinces.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Sharifi, M., Nilson, G., Papenfuss, T. & Anderson, S. 2009. IUCN: Asaccus kurdistanensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164721A5920735. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164721A5920735.en. Accessed on 26 August 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Kurdistan's Leaf-toed Gecko