Hemidactylus sassanidianus, Torki, 2019

Torki, Farhang, 2019, Three new species of Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Iran, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 209) 13 (2), pp. 239-258 : 256

Key to Hemidactylus Species Distributed in Iran

1a: Dorsal tubercles absent, femoral pores present …………………………………………… H. flaviviridis 1b: Dorsal tubercles present, femoral pores absent….2

2a: 5–8 precloacal pores……..……………………..….3 2b: 9–11 precloacal pores…………….......….. H. persicus 2c: 12 precloacal pores………………………………5

3a: 2–4 postmentals, not small Hemidactylus (body size is more than 48 mm)…… H. sassanidianus sp.n. 3b: Two postmentals, small Hemidactylus (less than 50 mm)…………………………………………………4

4a: Females have less rugosity than males, subcaudals covered by small scales and/or plate-like scales (few in number: 0–22)…………… H. achaemenidicus sp.n. 4b: Sexual rugosity does not occur (females have approximately full rugosity), subcaudal scales enlarged (no small scales)…………………………… H. robustus

5a: Two postmentals….. H. pseudoromeshkanicus sp.n. 5b: Three postmentals……………….. H. romeshkanicus

Acknowledgments.— I wish to thank Professor Steven Anderson (California, USA) for editing and improving my manuscript, and Craig Hassapakis (Utah, USA) and Michael L. Grieneisen (California, USA) for improving my manuscript. I wish to thank Professor W. Böhme and his collaborators in ZFMK ( ZFMK, Germany) for marked type specimens .