Asaccus elisae

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Asaccus elisae
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Asaccus
Species:
A. elisae
Binomial name
Asaccus elisae
(F. Werner, 1895)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllodactylus elisae
    F. Werner, 1895
  • Phyllodactylus eugeniae
    Nikolsky, 1907
  • Phyllodactylus elisae
    — Schmidt, 1939
  • Phyllodactylus ingae
    , 1973
  • Asaccus elisae
    — Dixon & , 1973

Asaccus elisae, also known as Elisa's leaf-toed gecko or Werner's leaf-toed gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. It is found in the Middle East, from southern Turkey through eastern Syria and northern and eastern Iraq to western Iran.

Etymology[]

The specific name, elisae (feminine, genitive singular), is in honor of a woman or girl named Elisa, perhaps Franz Werner's wife or daughter; unfortunately, in the original description, he did not specify.[3]

Geographic range[]

A. elisae is found in southern Turkey (southeastern Anatolia; in only a few areas on the Euphrates River valley) and southeastward to the eastern part of Syria (known only from Abu Kamal and ) to eastern and northern parts of Iraq and to western Iran.[1]

Habitat[]

A. elisae lives at altitudes of 150 to 1,000 m (490 to 3,280 ft) above sea level. It prefers rocky habitats having little vegetation. It has also been recorded in caves, and also in ruins in Iran and Iran such as old buildings and houses.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Varol Tok, Ishmail Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Wolfgang Böhme, Pierre-André Crochet, Steven Anderson, Uğur Kaya, Ferdi Akarsu (2009). "Asaccus elisae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164739A5921866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164739A5921866.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Asaccus elisae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 October 2020.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Asaccus elisae, p. 82).

Further reading[]

Werner F (1895). "Ueber eine Sammlung von Reptilien aus Persien, Mesopotamien und Arabien ". Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 45: 13–20. (Phyllodactylus elisae, new species, p. 14 + Plate III, figures 1, 1a–1d). (in German).


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