Mediodactylus aspratilis

Mediodactylus aspratilis

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Mediodactylus
Species: Mediodactylus aspratilis

Name

Mediodactylus aspratilis (Anderson, 1973)

• Holotype: USNM 193961, ♀, collected by John William Neal, Jr. on 10 February 1964.
• Type locality: “35 km E Gach Sãrãn (30°20'N, 50°48'E), Fãrs Province (Ostan 8), Iran”.

Combinations

• Bunopus aspratilis Anderson, 1973: 355 [original combination]
• Carinatogecko aspratilis — Golubev & Szczerbak, 1981: 35 [subsequent combination]
• Mediodactylus aspratilis — Červanka, Frynta & Kratochvíl, 2010: 63 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Native distribution areas

• SW Iran (Fars-Province: Zagros Mountains, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad).

References

Primary references

• Anderson, S.C. 1973. A new species of Bunopus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Iran and a key to lizards of the genus Bunopus. Herpetologica 29(4): 355–358. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mediodactylus aspratilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 February 2019.
• Anderson, S., Sharifi, M. & Papenfuss, T. 2009. IUCN: Mediodactylus aspratilis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164621A5912757. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164621A5912757.en

Vernacular names

English: Iranian Keel-scaled Gecko