Mediodactylus ilamensis (Fathinia, Karamiani, Darvishnia, Heidari & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2011)

HOLOTYPE. RUZM-GC120.1.

TYPE LOCALITY. Zarin-Abad region, Dehloran Township, Ilam Prov., Iran.

DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 51. Known only from two specimens from the type locality .

HABITAT. The type locality lies in an area of gypsum and lime deposits and is covered with different vegetation types mainly including grasses, bushes and shrubs ( Capparidaceae: Capparis spinosa, Cleome oxypetala; Caryophyllaceae: Gypsophyla linearifolia, G. pallida; Chenopodiaceae: Halocharis sulphurea, Noaea mucronata, Salsola imbricate; Compositae: Achillea conferta; Rosaceae: Amygdalus arabica), and sparse trees ( Pistachia atlantica and Quercus brantii). The specimens were collected on foothills heavily grazed by sheep and goats.

REMARKS. Originally described under the genus Carinatogecko . For discussion on synonymization with Mediodactylus see Bauer et al. (2013) and remarks by M. heteropholis above.

REFERENCES. Fathinia et al. (2011a); Bauer et al. (2013).