Microgecko helenae Nikolsky 1907
Description
Microgecko helenae Nikolsky, 1907
LECTOTYPE. ZIL 10242, designated by Szczerbak & Golubev (1986); Holotype ZSM 501 /68 (M. h. fasciatus).
TYPE LOCALITY. Syntypes collected at Alchorschir [Alkhorshid], Aguljaschker [Ab-e Lashkar? (locality position based on map by Szczerbak & Golubev (1996), Fig. 52)], Isfagan [Esfahan], and Bidezar [Bid Zard]; restricted to Bid Zard by Schmidtler & Schmidtler (1972) who, however, did not designate any lectotype, and again to Alkhorshid by Szczerbak & Golubev (1986) by lectotype designation. Therefore the restriction made by Szczerbak & Golubev is valid.
DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 56. The Mesopotamian Plain and western foothills of the Zagros (Kermanshah, Ilam, Lorestan, Markazi, Khuzestan, Esfahan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, and Fars Prov.). A single record (SUHC collection) from Sistan and Baluchistan Prov. is dubious.
HABITAT. Collected in an area characterized by rolling hills with limestone and gypsum outcroppings, ground with flat stones and vegetation consisting of scattered grasses, mosses, thorny shrubs, euphorbs, and scattered oaks.
REMARKS. Microgecko h. fasciatus (Schmidtler & Schmidtler) (type locality Dize [Sorkheh Dizeh], Kermanshah Prov.) occurs in the NW portion of the species range. However, it overlaps with the nominotypical subspecies in Lorestan Prov. Two records from the CUP collection from the central and southern part of the distribution have a high number of dorsal scales (character of M. h. fasciatus), indicating that this trait characterizes more intraspecific individual variability and that the subspecies M. h. fasciatus may not be valid, as also stated by Szczerbak & Golubev (1996).
REFERENCES. Tuck (1971b); Schmidtler & Schmidtler (1972); Szczerbak & Golubev (1986, 1996); Anderson (1999); Torki (2007b); Torki & Gharzi (2008); Karamiani & Rastegar-Pouyani (2012).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CUP , SUHC , ZSM
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Microgecko
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- ZSM 501
- Order
- Squamata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Nikolsky
- Species
- helenae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , lectotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microgecko helenae Nikolsky, 1907 sec. Šmíd, Moravec, Kodym, Kratochvíl, Yousefkhani, Rastegar-Pouyani & Frynta, 2014
References
- Nikolsky, A. M. (1907) Reptiles and Amphibians collected by N. A. Zarudny in Persia 1903 - 1904 [in Russian]. Annuaire Musee Zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, 10, 260 - 301.
- Szczerbak, N. N. & Golubev, M. L. (1986) The Gecko Fauna of the USSR and Adjacent Regions. Nauka Dymka, Kiev, 232 pp., 8 pls. [in Russian]
- Szczerbak, N. N. & Golubev, M. L. (1996) Gecko fauna of the USSR and contiguous regions. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Oxfor, Ohio, 233 pp.
- Schmidtler, J. J. & Schmidtler, J. F. (1972) Zwergekkos aus dem Zagros-Gebirge (Iran). Salamandra, 8, 59 - 66.
- Tuck, R. G. (1971 b) Rediscovery and redescription of the Khuzistan dwarf gecko, Microgecko helenae Nikolsky. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 83, 477 - 482.
- Anderson, S. C. (1999) The lizards of Iran. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Oxford, Ohio, 442 pp.
- Torki, F. (2007 b) Sexual dimorphism in the banded dwarf gecko Tropiocolotes helenae fasciatus (Gekkonidae) on the western Iranian plateau. Zoology in the Middle East, 40, 33 - 38. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 09397140.2007.10638201
- Torki, F. & Gharzi, A. (2008) Morphologische und okologische Aspekte von Tropiocolotes helenae (Nikolsky, 1907) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Sauria, 30, 13 - 20.
- Karamiani, R. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. (2012) Westernmost record of Khuzestan dwarf gecko Tropiocolotes helenae helenae (Nikolsky, 1907) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Kermanshah Province, western Iran. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 19, 212 - 216.