Mediodactylus aspratilis ( Anderson, 1973 )

Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali, 2018, Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran, Zoosystema 40 (24), pp. 507-537 : 514

Mediodactylus aspratilis ( Anderson, 1973)

Bunopus aspratilis Anderson, 1973: 355 .

COMMON NAME. — Iranian Keel-scaled Gecko.

HOLOTYPE. — USNM 193961 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — In 35 km East of Gach Saran (30°20’N, 50°48’E), Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Province.

DISTRIBUTION. — Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Kermanshah, Hamedan, Lorestan and Fars Provinces ( Anderson 1999; Kami 1999; Karamiani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2011; Smid et al. 2014).

HABITAT. — The type and paratype samples were collected by Anderson (1999) under small and flat stones next to a dry stream, in an area with scattered plants ( Anderson 1999). It is also found on the wall and ceiling of buildings (Karamiani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2011).

IUCN. — Data deficient.

REFERENCES. — Anderson (1973; 1999); Kami (1999); Červenka et al. (2010); Karamiani & Rastegar-Pouyani (2011); Smid et al. (2014).

REMARKS

It was first attributed to the genus Bunopus Blanford, 1874 . Some authors accept it as Carinatogecko Golubev & Szczerbak, 1981 and some others synonymized with Mediodactylus ( Červenka et al. 2010) .