Asaccus nasrullahi Werner, 2006

Esmaeili-Rineh, Somayeh, Akmali, Vahid, Fathipour, Farajollah, Heidari, Nastaran & Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, 2016, New distribution records of cave-dwelling gekkonid lizards (Sauria, Gekkonidae and Phyllodactylidae) in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, Subterranean Biology 18, pp. 39-47 : 42-44

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.18.8185

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1FBFF48E-EA5D-4051-907E-EB5803835F79

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9C956CCC-4AB3-554A-8BF3-55C9A1A4493A

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scientific name

Asaccus nasrullahi Werner, 2006
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Squamata Phyllodactylidae

Asaccus nasrullahi Werner, 2006 View in CoL Figure 3E

Asaccus nasrullahi Nasrullah’s leaf-toed gecko

Remarks.

Mean snout-vent length 70 mm, tail 66.8 mm.

The species is distributed in parts of the West and Southwest of the Zagros Mountains, mainly in Loristan province. In this study we report a new record of this taxon from Kulkani cave in Ilam province. Kulkani is limestone cave with large and bright entrance. The cave can be divided into two parts. The first part is dry and bright where specimens were found in it. The second part is smaller and dark with little humidity.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Phyllodactylidae

Genus

Asaccus