A new species of frog-eyed gecko,genus Teratoscincus Strauch, 1863 (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), from southeastern Iran |
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| Authors: | Morteza Akbarpour Soheila Shafiei Mohammad Ebrahim Sehhatisabet Ehsan Damadi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Razi University of Kermanshah, Kermanshah, Iran;2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran;3. Provincial Office of Kerman, Department of the Environment, Iran;4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Herein we describe a new species of Teratoscincus Strauch, 1863 from remote desert areas of the Sistan and Baluchistan Province in southeastern Iran. Based on morphological characters, this species, Teratoscincus sistanense sp. n., has a close relationship with T. microlepis and is distinct from all other members of its genus by the number of small scales around the midbody. We provide information about the ecology, biology and conservation of this new species. A comparison with the other three Iranian species of Teratoscincus and an updated key to this genus in Iran are presented. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:77F54322-6CCA-46F1-A74B-B8A75E1F1F8D |
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| Keywords: | Sistan and Baluchistan province morphology identification key |
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