A New Species of Angular-Toed Gecko of the Genus Cyrtopodion (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from South-East Iran (Sistan-Baluchistan Province)

Roman A. Nazarov, Mehdi Rajabizadeh

Abstract


A new angular-toed gecko was found in South-East Iran. Cyrtopodion sistanensis sp. nov. is referred to C. watsoni (Murray 1892), C. scaber (Heyden, 1827), C. potoharensis Khan, 2001 group but differs from these species by morphometric and pholidosis characters as well as color patterns.

Keywords


a new species,angular-toed gecko; Cyrtopodion genus; Gekkonidae; South-East Iran

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2007-14-2-137-144

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