A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications
Author
Bauer, Aaron M.
Author
Masroor, Rafaqat
Author
Titus-Mcquillan, James
Author
Heinicke, Matthew P.
Author
Daza, Juan D.
Author
Jackman, Todd R.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3599
4
301
324
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3599.4.1
12ed65e9-e078-4e7b-9ba6-c580874a33f3
1175-5326
217999
22742D49-9E7F-4C72-A71D-8CDA96063F4C
Tenuidactylus
(7 species)
Composition:
T. caspius
(Eichwald)
,
T. dadunensis
(Shi & Zhao)
,
T. elongatus
(Blanford)
,
T. fedtschenkoi
(Strauch)
,
T. longipes
(Nikolsky)
(
T. l. microlepis
(Lantz)),
C. turcmenicus
Darevsky
,
T. voraginosus
(Leviton & Anderson)
Distribution:
Azerbaijan
, southwestern
Russia
, southern
Kazakhstan
,
Turkmenistan
,
Uzbekistan
,
Tajikistan
,
Iran
,
Afghanistan
, northern
Pakistan
, northwestern
China
, southern
Mongolia
, introduced in
Armenia
,
Kyrgyzstan
.
Comments:
Cyrtopodion elongatum
and its former subspecies,
C. voraginosum
were assigned to
Indogekko
by Khan (2003c), but the position of the former in our phylogeny is consistent with these taxa being members of
Tenuidactylus
. We have retained Szczerbak & Golubev’s (1986, 1996) subspecific use of
T. l. microlepis
(see also Anderson 1999), but we regard
T. voraginosus
as a distinct species. Based on the similarities between
T. elongatus
and the recently described
Cyrtopodion daduense
we tentatively place the latter species in
Tenuidactylus
as well, as
T. daduensis
.