Mediodactylus heteropholis

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 heteropholis

Name

• Mediodactylus heteropholis (Minton, Anderson & Anderson, 1970)

Holotype: FMNH 74549, immature ♀, collected by Charles A. Reed between 1954–1955.

Type locality: “Iraq; Erbil Liwa: Salahedin Nahiya: Salahein: Pirman Hotel, 1080 meters elevation”.

Combinations

• Tropiocolotes heteropholis Minton, Anderson & Anderson, 1970: 357 [original combination]
• Carinatogecko heteropholis — Golubev & Szczerbak, 1981: 37 [subsequent combination]
• Mediodactylus heteropholis — Červanka, Frynta & Kratochvíl, 2010: 63 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Chresonyms

• Alsophylax persicus — Reed & Marx, 1959: 97

Native distribution areas

• NE Iraq (Erbil-Province), W Iran

References

Primary references

• Minton, S.A., Anderson, S.C. & Anderson, J.A. 1970. Remarks on some geckos from southwest Asia, with descriptions of three new forms and a key to the genus Tropiocolotes. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 37(9): 333–362. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mediodactylus heteropholis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 February 2019.
• Papenfuss, T., Shafiei, S. & Sharifi, M. 2009. IUCN: Mediodactylus heteropholis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164613A5912331. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164613A5912331.en

Vernacular names

English: Iraqui Kell-scaled Gecko