Asaccus margaritae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Asaccus
Species: Asaccus margaritae

Name

Asaccus margaritae Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016: 23

• Holotype: BMNH 2008.989, adult ♂, collected by J. Els, S. Jayasinghe, S. Carranza and M. Metallinou on 24 April 2013.
• Type locality: “Wadi Al Helo (UAE), 25.00768N 56.21518E WGS84, elevation 373 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Margarita’s Leaf-toed Gecko