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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: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species: Cyrtopodion brevipes
Name

Cyrtopodion brevipes (Blanford, 1874)

Holotype: ZSI 3465.

Type locality: “Gedrosia, Baluchistán”, restricted to “Aptan near Bampur, Persian Baluchistan [= Sistan and Baluchistan Prov.]” by Annandale (1913).
Combinations

Gymnodactylus brevipes Blanford, 1874: BHL [original combination]
Cyrtodactylus brevipes — Anderson, 1963: 474 [subsequent combination]
Mediodactylus brevipes — Kluge, 1993 [subsequent combination]
Cyrtopodion (Cyrtopodion) brevipes — Rösler, 2000: 68 [subsequent combination]

References
Primary references

Blanford, W.T. 1874. Descriptions of new lizards from Persia and Baluchistán. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4 13(78): 453–455. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680903 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Shcherbak, N.N. & Golubev, M.L. 1977. Systematics of the Palearctic geckos (genera Gymnodactylus, Bunopus, Alsophylax) [in Russian]. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Herpetological Collected Papers 74: 120-133.
Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28–153.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Cyrtopodion brevipes. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2019.
Anderson, S., Sharifi, M. & Papenfuss, T. 2009. IUCN: Cyrtopodion brevipes (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164625A5912966. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164625A5912966.en

Vernacular names
English: Short-footed Bent-toed Gecko

Blanford's short-toed gecko (Cyrtopodion brevipes) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southeastern Iran.[2]
Geographic range

In Iran, C. brevipes is found in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.[2]
References

Steven Anderson, Mozafar Sharifi, Theodore Papenfuss (2009). "Cyrtopodion brevipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164625A5912966. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164625A5912966.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

Cyrtopodion brevipes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

Further reading

Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of new Lizards from Persia and Baluchistán". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 13: 453–455. (Gymnodactylus brevipes, new species, p. 453). (in English and Latin).
Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Gymnodactylus brevipes, p. 28).
Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Cyrtopodion brevipes, new combination, p. 68). (in German).

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