Asaccus gallagheri

Asaccus gallagheri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Asaccus
Species:	A. gallagheri
Binomial name
Asaccus gallagheri (Arnold, 1972)
Synonyms[2]
Phyllodactylus gallagheri Arnold, 1972 Asaccus gallagheri — Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973

Asaccus gallagheri, also known commonly as Gallagher's gecko or Gallagher's leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula and occurs in Oman and the United Arab Emirates.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, gallagheri, is in honor of zoologist Michael Desmond Gallagher (born 1921).[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. gallagheri is rocky areas, at altitudes from sea level to 1,700 m (5,600 ft).[1]

Reproduction

A. gallagheri is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs.[1]

References

1. Soorae, P.; Al Rasbi, K.J.M.; Els, J. (2012). "Asaccus gallagheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199582A2604756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199582A2604756.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Asaccus gallagheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 January 2019.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Asaccus gallagheri, p. 97).

Further reading

• Arnold EN (1972). "Lizards with Northern Affinities from the Mountains of Oman". Zoologische Mededelingen 47 (8): 111–128. (Phyllodactylus gallagheri, new species, pp. 113–116).
• Papenfuss TJ, Jackman TR, Bauer AM, Stuart BL, Robinson MD, Parham JF (2010). "Phylogenetic Relationships Among Species of Southwest Asian Leaf-toed Geckos (Asaccus)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 61 (13): 587–596.
• Pierson T (2014). "Two new distribution records of Asaccus gallagheri (Arnold, 1977 [sic]) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Fujairah Emirate, UAE and the Musandam Governorate, Oman". Check List 10 (1): 168–169.
• Simó-Riudalbas M, Tarroso P, Papenfuss T, Al Sariri T, Carranza S (2018). "Systematics, biogeography and evolution of Asaccus gallagheri (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) with the description of a new endemic species from Oman". Systematics and Biodiversity 16 (4): 323–339.
• Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.