Rajabizadeh Mahdi, Faizi Hiva, Anderson Steven C, Zarrintab Mohammad, Nazarov Roman
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran. Iranian Plateau Herpetology Research Group (IPHRG), Faculty of Science, Razi University, 6714967346 Kermanshah, Iran..
Zootaxa. 2018 Mar 1;4388(2):283-291. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.2.10.
We review the status of an Iranian gecko population previously referred to Tropiocolotes cf. steudneri and describe it as a new species, Tropiocolotes hormozganensis sp. nov. We discuss the taxonomic history of this population and compare its characters with those of the other species in the genus. The new species is distinguished from other species of Tropiocolotes by possessing weakly keeled dorsal scales and smooth ventral scales, having imbricate scales on dorsal and ventral tail, possessing clearly tricarinatesubdigital scales, 48-55 dorsal scales, two pairs of postmental shields, of which the second pair is about half of the size of the first, 100-107 scales longitudinally along underside of body, 15-19 scales across head and 16-19 subdigital lamellae.
我们回顾了一个先前被归为近似斯氏沙虎（Tropiocolotes cf. steudneri）的伊朗壁虎种群的状况，并将其描述为一个新物种，即霍尔木兹沙虎（Tropiocolotes hormozganensis sp. nov.）。我们讨论了该种群的分类学历史，并将其特征与该属的其他物种进行了比较。这个新物种与沙虎属的其他物种的区别在于，它具有微弱龙骨状的背鳞和平滑的腹鳞，背腹尾上有覆瓦状鳞片，具有明显的三棱形亚趾鳞片，48 - 55枚背鳞，两对颏后鳞，其中第二对约为第一对大小的一半，沿身体腹面纵向有100 - 107枚鳞片，头部有15 - 19枚鳞片，亚趾褶有16 - 19个。
