Asaccus

Asaccus elisae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

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

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Asaccus
Species (18): A. andersoni – A. arnoldi – A. authenticus – A. barani – A. caudivolvulus – A. elisae – A. gallagheri – A. gardneri – A. griseonotus – A. ingae – A. iranicus – A. kermanshahensis – A. kurdistanensis – A. margaritae – A. montanus – A. platyrhynchus – A. saffinae – A. zagrosicus

Name

Asaccus Dixon & Anderson, 1973: 156

• Type species: Phyllodactylus elisae Werner, 1895, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• 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

• Gardner, A.S. 1994. A new species of Asaccus (Gekkonidae) from the mountains of northern Oman. Journal of Herpetology 28(2): 141–145. DOI: 10.2307/1564612 Reference page. 
• Arnold, E.N. & Gardner, A.S. 1994. A Review of the Middle Eastern Leaf-toed Geckoes (Gekkonidae: Asaccus) with Descriptions of Two New Species from Oman. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 424–441. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Kamali, K., Nazarizadeh, M., Fatemizadeh, F., Salmabadi, S., Hung, C.-M. & Kaboli, M. 2024. Integrating phylogenetic, phylogeographic, and morphometric analyses to reveal cryptic lineages within the genus Asaccus (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in Iran. BMC Zoology 9: 12. DOI: 10.1186/s40850-024-00203-1 Reference page. 
• 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

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Asaccus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 May 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Middle East Leaf-toed Geckos

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