Asaccus

Asaccus is a genus of geckos, commonly known as Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae.<ref name=pap>Papenfuss TJ et al. (2010). "Phylogenetic relationships among species of Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos (Asaccus)". Template:Webarchive Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 61 (13): 587-596.</ref>

Geographic range

The genus Asaccus is endemic to the Middle East.<ref name=pap/>

Species

There are 19 species which are recognized as being valid in the genus Asaccus.<ref name=RDB>Template:NRDB genus</ref> Five were described in 2011.<ref name=torki1>Torki F et al. (2011). "Description of four new Asaccus Dixon and Anderson, 1973 (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) from Iran and Turkey". Amphibia-Reptilia 32 (2): 185-202.</ref><ref name=torki2>Torki F (2011). "Beschreibung eines neuen Asaccus (Sauria: Phyllodactylidae) aus dem Iran ". Sauria 33 (1) 51–61. (in German).</ref>

• Asaccus andersoni Template:Small
• Asaccus arnoldi Template:Small
• Asaccus barani Template:Small
• Asaccus caudivolvulus Template:Small – Emirati leaf-toed gecko
• Asaccus elisae Template:Small – Werner's leaf-toed gecko, Elisa's leaf-toed gecko
• Asaccus gallagheri Template:Small – Gallagher's leaf-toed gecko, Gallagher's gecko
• Asaccus gardneri Template:Small
• Asaccus granularis Template:Small
• Asaccus griseonotus Template:Small – grey-spotted leaf-toed gecko, grey-marked gecko
• Asaccus iranicus Template:Small
• Asaccus kermanshahensis Template:Small – Kermanshah leaf-toed gecko
• Asaccus kurdistanensis Template:Small - Kurdistan leaf-toed gecko
• Asaccus margaritae Template:Small - Margarita's leaf-toed gecko
• Asaccus montanus Template:Small - mountain leaf-toed gecko
• Asaccus nasrullahi Template:Small - Nasrullah's leaf-toed gecko
• Asaccus platyrhynchus Template:Small - flat-snouted leaf-toed gecko
• Asaccus saffinae Template:Small
• Asaccus tangestanensis Template:Small
• Asaccus zagrosicus Template:Small

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Asaccus.

Further reading

• Dixon JR, Anderson SC (1973). "A new genus and species of Gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Iran and Iraq". Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 72 (3): 155-160. (Asaccus, new genus, pp. 156–157; A. griseonotus, new species, pp. 158–160).