Mediodactylus heterocercus

Mediodactylus heterocercus

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 heterocercus
Subspecies (2): M. h. heterocercus – M. h. mardinensis

Name

• Mediodactylus heterocercus (Blanford, 1874)

Lectotype: MRSN R2532, collected by G. Doria. [designated by Szczerbak & Golubev (1986: 183)]

Type locality: “Hamandán in Persia occidentali”.

Combinations

• Gymnodactylus heterocercus Blanfor, 1874: 453 [original combination]
• Cyrtopodion heterocercus — Böhme, 1985: 96 [subsequent combination]
• Mediodactylus heterocercus — Kluge, 1993 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Blanford, W.T. 1874. Descriptions of new lizards from Persia and Baluchistán. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4 13(78): 453–455. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680903 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mertens, R. 1924. Ein neuer Gecko aus Mesopotamien. Senckenbergiana 6(1-2): 84.
• Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28–153.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mediodactylus heterocercus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2019.
• Tok, V., Ugurtas, I., Sevinç, M., Böhme, W., Crochet, P.-A., Anderson, S., Yeniyurt, C., Akarsu, F. & Kaya, U. 2009. IUCN: Mediodactylus heterocercus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164730A5921231. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164730A5921231.en

Vernacular names

English: Asia Minor Thin-Toed Gecko