Hemidactylus romeshkanicus Torki, Manthey & Barts, 2011

Šmíd, Jiří, Moravec, Jiří, Kodym, Petr, Kratochvíl, Lukáš, Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar & Frynta, Daniel, 2014, Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran, Zootaxa 3855 (1), pp. 1-97 : 20

Hemidactylus romeshkanicus Torki, Manthey & Barts, 2011

HOLOTYPE. ZMB 75020.

TYPE LOCALITY. Western slope of the central Zagros Mountains, Romeshkan region, Lorestan Prov., Iran. DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 47 . Known only from the type locality in Lorestan Prov.

HABITAT. The only available information says the habitat “...is mountainous and covered with scattered oak forest. The specimen ... was found under a large stone.” ( Torki et al. 2011a).

REMARKS. The species is believed to be a member of the arid clade of Hemidactylus ( Šmíd et al. 2013a). REFERENCES. Torki et al. (2011a).

Figures

FIGURES 44–49. 44. Hemidactylus flaviviridis. 45. Hemidactylus persicus. 46. Hemidactylus robustus. Question marks indicate dubious data or specimens determined as H. turcicus. 47. Hemidactylus romeshkanicus. 48. Mediodactylus aspratilis. 49. Mediodactylus heterocercum.