Asaccus

Asaccus is a genus of geckos, commonly known as Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae.^[2]

Geographic range

The genus Asaccus is endemic to the Middle East.^[2]

There are 19 species which are recognized as being valid in the genus Asaccus.^[3] Five were described in 2011.^[4]^[5]

Asaccus andersoni Torki et al., 2011
Asaccus arnoldi Simo-Riudalbas, Tarroso, Papenfuss, Al-Sariri, & Carranza, 2017
Asaccus barani Torki et al., 2011
Asaccus caudivolvulus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 – Emirati leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus elisae (F. Werner, 1895) – Werner's leaf-toed gecko, Elisa's leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus gallagheri (Arnold, 1972) – Gallagher's leaf-toed gecko, Gallagher's gecko
Asaccus gardneri Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016
Asaccus granularis Torki, 2010
Asaccus griseonotus Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973 – grey-spotted leaf-toed gecko, grey-marked gecko
Asaccus iranicus Torki et al., 2011
Asaccus kermanshahensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, 1996 – Kermanshah leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus kurdistanensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, Nilson & Faizi, 2006 - Kurdistan leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus margaritae Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016 - Margarita's leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus montanus Gardner, 1994 - mountain leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus nasrullahi Y. Werner, 2006 - Nasrullah's leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus platyrhynchus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 - flat-snouted leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus saffinae Afrasiab & Mohamad, 2009
Asaccus tangestanensis Torki et al., 2011
Asaccus zagrosicus Torki et al., 2011

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Asaccus.

^ "Asaccus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/phyllodactylidae.
^ ^a ^b Papenfuss TJ et al. (2010). "Phylogenetic relationships among species of Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos (Asaccus)". Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 61 (13): 587-596.
^ Asaccus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2013.
^ Torki F et al. (2011). "Description of four new Asaccus Dixon and Anderson, 1973 (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) from Iran and Turkey". Amphibia-Reptilia 32 (2): 185-202.
^ Torki F (2011). "Beschreibung eines neuen Asaccus (Sauria: Phyllodactylidae) aus dem Iran ". Sauria 33 (1) 51–61. (in German).