Agamura persica (Duméril, 1856:481)

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 484

Agamura persica (Duméril, 1856:481)

1856 Gymnodactylus persicus Duméril , Description des reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle et remarques sur la classification et les charactères des reptiles. Deuxième Mémoire, Troisième, quatrième et cinqième familles de l’ordre des sauriens (Geckotiens, Varaniens et Iguaniens). Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 8:438–588, pls. XVII–XXIV.

SYNTYPES.— MNHN 6761 (two specimens), from “la Perse” [= Iran] .

SYNONYMS.— Agamura cruralis Blanford, 1874 from “Bahi Kalat and Askan, Baluchistan ”. The syntypes of A. cruralis are (fide Das et al. [1998]): ZSI 3487 from Ras Malan, Baluchistan; ZSI 3501 from Mand, Baluchistan; ZSI 6811 from Askan, near Bampusht, Baluchistan; ZSI 6812 from Zamoran, Nihing R., Baluchistan. The original description gives the type locality as “Gedrosia [= Balochistan]”, restricted to “Bahu Kalat and Askan, Baluchistan ” [= Balochistan Province, north-western Pakistan] by Smith (1935:61). According to Constable (1949), an additional syntype is in the MCZ; however, this specimen (MCZ R-7136) is a syntype of Agamura cruralis , which is today a synonym of. A. persica .

LOCALITIES.— Cha-i-Angir (CAS 84690–91); between “Cia-i-Baloch [= Robat-i-Shah Baloch] and Cia-i-Lagun, camp 1” (MZUF 24005); 50 km W Girishk (CAS 120282); Hassan Guilan (Djilan) [Hassan Gilan, between Delaram and Gereskh] (MZLU L957/3791); Helmand (ZISP 7360); north of Herat ( Boulenger 1889: 95); Pagham (FMNH 161053–54) [see pl. 5, fig. 7 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Boulenger (1889:95) additionally mentioned several specimens of “ Agamura persica ” from “along the Helmand ” (three specimens) and from “between the Hamun and Khusan” (four specimens) .