Generic reassignment and validity of the recently described species Cyrtopodion dehakroense

Abstract

The new arboreal gecko species from Pakistan, Cyrtopodion dehakroense Masroor, 2009, was recently described. Here we document that based on external morphology (meristic and measurable morphological characters), this form is a member of the genus Mediodactylus.

Moreover, the newly described species is morphologically and ecologically very similar to Mediodactylus sagittifer, which suggests that both forms could be conspecific.

Keywords

• Gecko
• Middle East
• Pakistan
• taxonomy