Asaccus is a genus of geckos, commonly known as Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae.
Geographic range
The genus Asaccus is endemic to the Middle East. Five were described in 2011.
- Asaccus andersoni
- Asaccus arnoldi
- Asaccus authenticus – Bandar-e jask leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus barani
- Asaccus caudivolvulus – Emirati leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus elisae – Werner's leaf-toed gecko, Elisa's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus gallagheri – Gallagher's leaf-toed gecko, Gallagher's gecko
- Asaccus gardneri
- Asaccus granularis
- Asaccus griseonotus – grey-spotted leaf-toed gecko, grey-marked gecko
- Asaccus iranicus
- Asaccus kermanshahensis – Kermanshah leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus kurdistanensis - Kurdistan leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus margaritae - Margarita's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus montanus - mountain leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus nasrullahi - Nasrullah's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus platyrhynchus - flat-snouted leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus saffinae
- Asaccus tangestanensis
- Asaccus zagrosicus
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Asaccus.
References
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).