Asaccus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Asaccus
Species (19): A. andersoni – A. arnoldi – A. barani – A. caudivolvulus - A. elisae - A. gallagheri – A. gardneri – A. granularis – A. griseonotus – A. iranicus – A. kermanshahensis – A. kurdistanensis – A. margaritae – A. montanus - A. nasrullahi - A. platyrhynchus - A. saffinae – A. tangestanensis – A. zagrosicus

Name

Asaccus Dixon & Anderson, 1973: 156

Type species: Phyllodactylus elisae Werner, 1895, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Dixon, J.R. & Anderson, S.C. 1973. A New Genus and Species of Gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Iran and Iraq. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 72(3): 155–160. BHL Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Asaccus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 September 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Leaf-toed Geckos

Asaccus is a genus of geckos, commonly known as Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae.[2]

Geographic range

The genus Asaccus is endemic to the Middle East.[2]
Species

There are 19 species which are recognized as being valid in the genus Asaccus.[3] Five were described in 2011.[4][5]

Asaccus andersoni Torki et al., 2011
Asaccus arnoldi Simo-Riudalbas, Tarroso, Papenfuss, Al-Sariri, & Carranza, 2017
Asaccus barani Torki et al., 2011
Asaccus caudivolvulus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 – Emirati leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus elisae (F. Werner, 1895) – Werner's leaf-toed gecko, Elisa's leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus gallagheri (Arnold, 1972) – Gallagher's leaf-toed gecko, Gallagher's gecko
Asaccus gardneri Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016
Asaccus granularis Torki, 2010
Asaccus griseonotus Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973 – grey-spotted leaf-toed gecko, grey-marked gecko
Asaccus iranicus Torki et al., 2011
Asaccus kermanshahensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, 1996 – Kermanshah leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus kurdistanensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, Nilson & Faizi, 2006 - Kurdistan leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus margaritae Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016 - Margarita's leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus montanus Gardner, 1994 - mountain leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus nasrullahi Y. Werner, 2006 - Nasrullah's leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus platyrhynchus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 - flat-snouted leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus saffinae Afrasiab & Mohamad, 2009
Asaccus tangestanensis Torki et al., 2011
Asaccus zagrosicus Torki et al., 2011

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

"Asaccus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/phyllodactylidae.
Papenfuss TJ et al. (2010). "Phylogenetic relationships among species of Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos (Asaccus)". Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 61 (13): 587-596.
Asaccus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2013.
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.

Torki F (2011). "Beschreibung eines neuen Asaccus (Sauria: Phyllodactylidae) aus dem Iran ". Sauria 33 (1) 51–61. (in German).