Morphometric Study of Hemidactylus Geckos (Squamata:Gekkonidae) in Iran
So far, four species of Hemidactylus have been reported in Iran as follows: H. persicus, H. robustus, H. flaviviridis, H. romeshkanicus. In this study, 108 specimens belonging to these four species of Hemidactylus were examined morphologically, using 19 metric and 6 meristic characters. Multivariate...
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| author | Mahboubeh sadat Hosseinzadeh Mansour Aliabadian Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani |
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| description | So far, four species of Hemidactylus have been reported in Iran as follows: H. persicus, H. robustus, H. flaviviridis, H. romeshkanicus. In this study, 108 specimens belonging to these four species of Hemidactylus were examined morphologically, using 19 metric and 6 meristic characters. Multivariate analyses showed morphological differences among these three species with exception H. romeshkanicus which was found to be indistinguishable from the specimens of H. persicus, especially in the DFA analysis. In spite of, grouping the holotype of H. romeshkanicus with population of H. persicus especially in DFA analyses and presences of high intraspecific variation among populations of H. persicus complex, we could not definitely decide about the taxonomic status of H. romeshkanicus with only one specimen. But we suggest that latter species probably belongs to a local populations inside H. persicus complex. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-37ee6edb59044565b1429e52219bba902022-12-22T04:30:37ZengFerdowsi University of MashhadIranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics1735-434X2423-42222014-12-0110217518410.22067/ijab.v10i2.4223727123Morphometric Study of Hemidactylus Geckos (Squamata:Gekkonidae) in IranMahboubeh sadat Hosseinzadeh0Mansour Aliabadian1Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani2Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani3Ferdowsi university of MashhadDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, IranDepartment of Biology, Faculty of science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, IranDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Razi University, 6714967346 Kermanshah, IranSo far, four species of Hemidactylus have been reported in Iran as follows: H. persicus, H. robustus, H. flaviviridis, H. romeshkanicus. In this study, 108 specimens belonging to these four species of Hemidactylus were examined morphologically, using 19 metric and 6 meristic characters. Multivariate analyses showed morphological differences among these three species with exception H. romeshkanicus which was found to be indistinguishable from the specimens of H. persicus, especially in the DFA analysis. In spite of, grouping the holotype of H. romeshkanicus with population of H. persicus especially in DFA analyses and presences of high intraspecific variation among populations of H. persicus complex, we could not definitely decide about the taxonomic status of H. romeshkanicus with only one specimen. But we suggest that latter species probably belongs to a local populations inside H. persicus complex.https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_27123_7d439ebb197875752cb525158444de3a.pdfgekkonidaehemidactylusmorphometric analysisiranian plateaumetric charactersmeristic characters |
| spellingShingle | Mahboubeh sadat Hosseinzadeh Mansour Aliabadian Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani Morphometric Study of Hemidactylus Geckos (Squamata:Gekkonidae) in Iran Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics gekkonidae hemidactylus morphometric analysis iranian plateau metric characters meristic characters |
| title | Morphometric Study of Hemidactylus Geckos (Squamata:Gekkonidae) in Iran |
| title_full | Morphometric Study of Hemidactylus Geckos (Squamata:Gekkonidae) in Iran |
| title_fullStr | Morphometric Study of Hemidactylus Geckos (Squamata:Gekkonidae) in Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphometric Study of Hemidactylus Geckos (Squamata:Gekkonidae) in Iran |
| title_short | Morphometric Study of Hemidactylus Geckos (Squamata:Gekkonidae) in Iran |
| title_sort | morphometric study of hemidactylus geckos squamata gekkonidae in iran |
| topic | gekkonidae hemidactylus morphometric analysis iranian plateau metric characters meristic characters |
| url | https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_27123_7d439ebb197875752cb525158444de3a.pdf |
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