Alsophylax pipiens

Alsophylax pipiens

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: Alsophylax
Species: Alsophylax pipiens

Name

Alsophylax pipiens (Pallas, 1814)

• Type material: unknown.
• Type locality: “in monte Bogdo deserti caspici”.

Combinations

• Lacerta pipiens Pallas, 1814: 27 [original combination]
• Ascalabotes pipiens — Lichtenstein, 1823 [subsequent combination]
• Gymnodactylus pipiens — Eichwald, 1831 [subsequent combination]
• Alsophylax pipiens — Fitzinger, 1843 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Gymnodactylus atropunctatus Lichtenstein, 1856
• Alsophylax microtis Boulenger, 1885

Native distribution areas

• S Mongolia (Gobi Desert), former USSR between Wolga and Ural, Kazakhstan (Caspian Sea to Lake Zaysan) south to Uzbekistan, N Turkmenistan, and N AfghanistanNW China, NE Iran, S Russia (Astrakhan Oblast)

References

Primary references

• Pallas, P.S. 1814. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum. Volumen tertium. Animalia monocardia seu frigidi sanguinis imperii Rosso-Asiatici. Officina Caesareae Academiae Scientiarum: Petropoli. vii + 428 pp + cxxv pp. BnF Gallica Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Alsophylax pipiens. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 May 2023.
• Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov, N.L., Papenfuss, T., Nilson, G., Terbish, K., Dujsebayeva, T., Munkhbaatar, M., Melnikov, D., Shestopal, A., Wang, Y. & Shi, L. 2019. IUCN: Alsophylax pipiens  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T157257A126053396. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T157257A126053396.en. Accessed on 24 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Kaspischer Even-fingered Gecko