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Taxonomy of the family Gekkonidae
Bibliography of the genus Mediodactylus
Biodiversity of the family Gekkonidae








Genus
Mediodactylus

Mediterranean Bent-toed Geckos, Mediterranean Thin-toed Geckos

Paläarktische Nacktfingergeckos

Palæarktiske Nøgenfingergekkoer

1977 Mediodactylus Szczerbak & Golubev (type species: Gymnodactylus kotschyi Steindachner 1870; syn. Böhme 1985)
1981 Carinatogecko Golubev & Shcherbak (type species: Bunopus aspratilis Anderson 1973; syn. Cervenka, Frynta & Kratochvil 2010; Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013)
Contents: 18 species, of which 10 (55.6%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Other common names:
Carinatogecko: Keel-scaled Geckos
Remarks: The validity of this genus has been under much debate, with some authors regarding it as a valid genus (e.g., Macey, Ananjeva, Wang & Papenfuss 2000; Cervenka, Kratochvil & Frynta 2008; Cervenka & Kratochvil 2010; Cervenka, Frynta & Kratochvil 2010), while others have regarded it as a synonym or subgenus of Cyrtopodion (e.g., Böhme 1985; Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008). Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman (2013) confirmed the validity of the genus. Already Cervenka, Frynta & Kratochvil (2010) regarded Carinatogecko as a synonym of Mediodactylus, but Torki (2011) retained it as a valid genus. However, Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman (2013) confirmed Carinatogecko as a synonym of Mediodactylus.
Distribution: S. Europe, Middle East, C. Asia.
Reported from: Albania, Bulgaria, China (Xinjiang), Cyprus, Greece (incl. Aegean Islands [incl. Argo-Saronic Islands, Cyclades Islands, Dodecanese Islands (incl. Rhodes), North Aegean Islands, Sporades Islands], Crete, Ionian Islands), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey (incl. European Turkey), Turkmenistan, Ukraine (incl. Crimea), Uzbekistan.

Mediodactylus amictopholis

Mount Hermon Bent-toed Gecko, Lebanese Thin-toed Gecko, Mount Hermon Bowfoot Gecko

Mount-Hermon-Nacktfingergecko

Mount Hermon-nøgenfingergekko

1967 Cyrtodactylus amictopholis Hoofien
Gymnodactylus amictopholis Szczerbak & Golubev 1981
Tenuidactylus amictopholis Szczerbak & Golubev 1984
Cyrtopodion amictopholis Böhme 1985
Mediodactylus amictopholis Kluge 1991

Distribution: Israel, Lebanon, Syria.


Mediodactylus aspratilis

Persian Keel-scaled Gecko, Iranian Keel-scaled Gecko

Persischer Nacktfingergecko

Persisk Nøgenfingergekko

1973 Bunopus aspratilis Anderson
Carinatogecko aspratilis Golubev & Szczerbak 1981
Mediodactylus aspratilis Cervenka, Frynta & Kratochvil 2010

Remarks: Possibly a synonym of heteropholis (Cervenka, Frynta & Kratochvil 2010).
Distribution: Iran.


Mediodactylus bartoni

Cretan Bent-toed Gecko

Kreta-Nacktfingergecko

Kretensisk Nøgenfingergekko

1934 Gymnodactylus bartoni Stepanek
Gymnodactylus kotschyi bartoni Stepanek 1937
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi bartoni Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi bartoni Welch 1983
Mediodactylus bartoni Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018
1937 Gymnodactylus kotschyi wettsteini Stepanek (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi wettsteini Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi wettsteini Welch 1983
1952 Gymnodactylus kotschyi rarus Wettstein (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi rarus Welch 1983
1952 Gymnodactylus kotschyi stubbei Wettstein (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi stubbei Welch 1983

Remarks: Previously regarded as a subspecies of kotschyi (e.g., Beutler 1981). Raised to status as a separate species by Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis (2018).
Distribution: Greece (Crete, incl. satellites).


Mediodactylus brachykolon

Short-legged Bent-toed Gecko

Kurzbein-Nacktfingergecko

Kortbenet Nøgenfingergekko

2007 Cyrtopodion brachykolon Krysko, Rehman & Auffenberg
Altigekko brachykolon Khan 2008
Mediodactylus brachykolon Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013

Distribution: Pakistan.


Mediodactylus danilewskii

Northern Bent-toed Gecko

Nördlicher Nacktfingergecko

Nordlig Nøgenfingergekko

1887 Gymnodactylus danilewskii Strauch
Gymnodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Mertens & Müller 1940
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
Mediodactylus danilewskii Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018
1902 ? Gymnodactylus colchicus Nikolskij (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Gymnodactylus kotschyi colchicus Terentjev & Chernov 1949
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi colchicus Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi colchicus Welch 1983
1937 Gymnodactylus kotschyi bureschi Stepanek (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi bureschi Welch 1983
1939 Gymnodactylus kotschyi kalypsae Stepanek (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi kalypsae Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi kalypsae Welch 1983
Mediodactylus danilewskii kalypsae Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018
1982 ? Cyrtodactylus kotschyi ponticus Baran & Gruber (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi ponticus Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013

Remarks: Previously regarded as a subspecies of kotschyi (e.g., Beutler 1981). Raised to status as a separate species by Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis (2018).
Distribution: Bulgaria, Greece (mainland, Gavdos), Turkey (incl. European Turkey), Ukraine (Crimea).


Mediodactylus danilewskii
© Henrik Bringsøe

Mediodactylus dehakroensis

Deh Akro Bent-toed Gecko, Deh Akro Tuberculated Bark Gecko

Deh-Akro-Nacktfingergecko

Deh Akro-nøgenfingergekko

2009 Cyrtopodion dehakroense Masroor
Mediodactylus dehakroense Cervenka & Kratochvil 2010

Remarks: Cervenka & Kratochvil (2010) suggested that dehakroense might be a synonym of sagittifer.
Distribution: Pakistan.


Mediodactylus heterocercus

Asia Minor Thin-toed Gecko

Kleinasiatischer Nacktfingergecko

Lilleasiatisk Nøgenfingergekko

1874 Gymnodactylus heterocercus Blanford
Cyrtodactylus heterocercus Minton, Anderson & Anderson 1970
Tenuidactylus heterocercus Szczerbak & Golubev 1984
Cyrtopodion heterocercus Böhme 1985
Mediodactylus heterocercus Kluge 1991
1924 Gymnodactylus heterocercus mardinensis Mertens
Mediodactylus heterocercus mardinensis Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013

Other common names:
mardinensis: Mardin Asia Minor Thin-toed Gecko
Distribution: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey.


Mediodactylus heteropholis

Iraqi Keel-scaled Gecko

Irakischer Nacktfingergecko

Irakisk Nøgenfingergekko

1970 Tropiocolotes heteropholis Minton, Anderson & Anderson
Carinatogecko heteropholis Golubev & Szczerbak 1981
Mediodactylus heteropholis Cervenka, Frynta & Kratochvil 2010

Distribution: Iran, Iraq.


Mediodactylus ilamensis

Ilam Keel-scaled Gecko

Ilam-Nacktfingergecko

Ilam-nøgenfingergekko

2011 Carinatogecko ilamensis Fathinia, Karamiani, Darvishnia, Heidari & Rastegar-Pouyani
Mediodactylus ilamensis Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013

Distribution: Iran.


Mediodactylus kotschyi

Balkan Bent-toed Gecko, (Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko, Crimean Gecko, Kotschy's Gecko)

Balkan-Nacktfingergecko, (Ägäischer Nacktfingergecko, Ägäischer Bogenfingergecko, Europäischer Nacktfingergecko)

Balkan-nøgenfingergekko, (Ægæisk Nøgenfingergekko)

1870 Gymnodactylus kotschyi Steindachner
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi Underwood 1954
Mediodactylus kotschyi Welch 1983
Tenuidactylus kotschyi Szczerbak & Golubev 1984
Cyrtopodion kotschyi Böhme 1985
1882 Gymnodactylus kotschyi var. concolor Bedriaga (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi concolor Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1882 Gymnodactylus kotschyi var. maculatus Bedriaga [not G. maculatus Steindachner 1867; not G. maculatus Beddome 1870] (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi maculates [sic] Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1937 Gymnodactylus kotschyi solerii Wettstein (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi solerii Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi solerii Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1937 Gymnodactylus kotschyi saronicus Werner (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi saronicus Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi saronicus Welch 1983
1939 Gymnodactylus kotschyi rumelicus Müller (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi rumelicus Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi rumelicus Welch 1983
1965 Gymnodactylus kotschyi skopjensis Karaman (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi skopjensis Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi skopjensis Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1977 Cyrtodactylus kotschyi bibroni Beutler & Gruber (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi bibroni Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1977 Cyrtodactylus kotschyi buchholzi Beutler & Gruber (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi buchholzi Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1977 Cyrtodactylus kotschyi fuchsi Beutler & Gruber (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi fuchsia [sic] Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1977 Cyrtodactylus kotschyi schultzewestrumi Beutler & Gruber (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi schulzewestrumi Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1980 Cyrtodactylus kotschyi tinensis Beutler & Frör (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi tinensis Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1981 ? Cyrtodactylus kotschyi beutleri Baran & Gruber (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi beutleri Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1981 ? Cyrtodactylus kotschyi karabagi Baran & Gruber (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi karabagi Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013

Remarks: Previously included bartoni, danilewskii, oertzeni, and orientalis.
Introduced to: Hungary.
Distribution: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Aegean Islands [Argo-Saronic Islands, Cyclades Islands, Dodecanese Islands, North Aegean Islands, Sporades Islands], Ionian Islands), Italy, North Macedonia, Serbia.


Mediodactylus kotschyi
© Henrik Bringsøe

Mediodactylus narynensis

Naryn Thin-toed Gecko

Naryn-Nacktfingergecko

Naryn-nøgenfingergekko

1999 Cyrtopodion narynensis Jerjomtschenko, Zarinenko & Panfilow
Mediodactylus narynensis Ananjeva, Orlov, Khalikov, Darevsky, Ryabov & Barabanov 2006

Distribution: Kyrgyzstan.


Mediodactylus oertzeni

Dodecanesian Bent-toed Gecko

Dodekanes-Nacktfingergecko

Dodekanesisk Nøgenfingergekko

1888 Gymnodactylus oertzeni Boettger
Gymnodactylus kotschyi oertzeni Wettstein 1937
Cyrtodactylus oertzeni Underwood 1954
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi oertzeni Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi oertzeni Welch 1983
Mediodactylus oertzeni Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018
1937 Gymnodactylus kotschyi stepaneki Wettstein (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi stepaneki Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi stepaneki Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
Mediodactylus oertzeni stepaneki Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018
1937 Gymnodactylus kotschyi unicolor Wettstein (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi unicolor Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1978 Cyrtodactylus kotschyi adelphiensis Beutler & Gruber (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi adelphiensis Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1979 ? Cyrtodactylus kotschyi bileki Tiedemann & Häupl (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)

Remarks: Previously regarded as a subspecies of kotschyi (e.g., Beutler 1981). Raised to status as a separate species by Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis (2018).
Distribution: Greece (Aegean Islands: Dodecanese Islands [incl. Rhodes]).


Mediodactylus orientalis

Levant Bent-toed Gecko

Levantischer Nacktfingergecko

Levantisk Nøgenfingergekko

1937 Gymnodactylus kotschyi orientalis Stepanek
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi orientalis Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi orientalis Welch 1983
Mediodactylus orientalis Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018
1937 Gymnodactylus kotschyi fitzingeri Stepanek (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi fitzingeri Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi fitzingeri Welch 1983
Mediodactylus orientalis fitzingeri Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018
1937 ? Gymnodactylus kotschyi steindachneri Stepanek (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi steindachneri Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi steindachneri Welch 1983
1937 Gymnodactylus kotschyi syriacus Stepanek (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi syriacus Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi syriacus Welch 1983
1952 Gymnodactylus kotschyi lycaonicus Mertens (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Cyrtodactylus kotschyi lycaonicus Beutler 1981
Mediodactylus kotschyi lycaonicus Welch 1983
Mediodactylus orientalis lycaonicus Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018
1982 Cyrtodactylus kotschyi ciliciensis Baran & Gruber (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi ciliciensis Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
Mediodactylus orientalis ciliciensis Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018
1994 Cyrtopodion kotschyi bolkarensis Rösler (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018)
Mediodactylus kotschyi bolkarensis Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
Mediodactylus orientalis bolkarensis Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018

Remarks: Previously regarded as a subspecies of kotschyi (e.g., Beutler 1981). Raised to status as a separate species by Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis (2018). Records from Iraq (e.g., Anderson 1963 [as kotschyi]; Nader & Jawdat 1976 [as kotschyi?]) are unconfirmed, possibly based on misidentified heterocercus (Afrasiab & Mohamad 2009). This is probably also the case with records from Iran (Beutler 1981). Erroneously reported from Egypt [as kotschyi syriacus] by Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton (1992).
Distribution: Cyprus, Greece (Aegean Islands [Dodecanese Islands (incl. Rhodes)], North Aegean Islands]), Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey.


Mediodactylus orientalis
© Henrik Bringsøe

Mediodactylus russowii

Grey Thin-toed Gecko, Caucasian Gecko

Transkaspischer Nacktfingergecko

Grå Nøgenfingergekko

1887 Gymnodactylus russowii Strauch
Cyrtodactylus russovii [sic] Underwood 1954
Mediodactylus russowii Welch 1983
Tenuidactylus russowii Szczerbak & Golubev 1984
Cyrtopodion russowii Böhme 1985
1900 Gymnodactylus zarudnyi Nikolsky (Szczerbak & Golubev 1996)
Mediodactylus russowii zarudnyi Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013
1928 Gymnodactylus russowi kopalensis Schnitnikow (Böhme (ed.) 1981)
Mediodactylus russowi copalensis [sic] Ananjeva, Orlov, Khalikov, Darevsky, Ryabov & Barabanov 2006

Other common names:
zarudnyi: Zarudny's Gray Thin-toed Gecko
Remarks: Wermuth (1965) included Afghanistan in the distribution, but there appears to be no documented records for the country (Leviton & Anderson 1970). In Russia, known from only a single locality i Chechnya, where its occurrence has not been confirmed since 1935 (Dunayev & Orlova 2023). This species, as currently understood, may prove to consist of more than one species (Macey, Ananjeva, Wang & Papenfuss 2000).
Distribution: China (Xinjiang), Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.


Mediodactylus sagittifer

Bampur Thin-toed Gecko

Bampur-Nacktfingergecko

Bampur-nøgenfingergekko

1899 Gymnodactylus sagittifer Nikolskij
Cyrtodactylus sagittifer Anderson 1974
Mediodactylus sagittifer Welch 1983
Tenuidactylus sagittifer Szczerbak & Golubev 1984
Cyrtopodion sagittifer Böhme 1985

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of heterocercus (e.g., Wettstein 1951; Wermuth 1965).
Distribution: Iran.


Mediodactylus spinicauda

Spiny-tailed Thin-toed Gecko

Dornschwanz-Nacktfingergecko

Tornhalet Nøgenfingergekko

1887 Alsophylax spinicauda Nikolskij
Gymnodactylus spinicauda Szczerbak & Golubev 1977
Mediodactylus spinicauda Welch 1983
Tenuidactylus spinicauda Szczerbak & Golubev 1984
Cyrtopodion spinicauda Böhme 1985

Distribution: Iran, Turkmenistan.


Mediodactylus stevenandersoni

Delphan Keel-scaled Gecko

Delphan-Nacktfingergecko

Delphan-nøgenfingergekko

2011 Carinatogecko stevenandersoni Torki
Mediodactylus stevenandersoni Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013

Distribution: Iran.


Mediodactylus walli

Chitral Thin-toed Gecko, Chitral Gecko, (Wall's Bent-toed Gecko)

Chitral-Nacktfingergecko

Chitral-nøgenfingergekko

1922 Gymnodactylus walli Ingoldby
Cyrtodactylus walli Kluge 1993
Tenuidactylus walli Khan 1993
Mesodactylus walli Khan 1999
Mediodactylus walli Khan 2003
Indogekko walli Khan 2004
Cyrtopodion walli Krysko, Rehman & Auffenberg 2007
Altiphylax walli Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
1935 Gymnodactylus chitralensis Smith (Khan 1992; Auffenberg, Krysko & Rehman 2010)
Tenuidactylus chitralensis Szczerbak & Golubev 1986
Cyrtodactylus chitralensis Das 2003

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of stoliczkai (e.g., Smith 1935; Wermuth 1965). Revalidated by Khan (1992). Khan (1992) synonymized chitralensis with walli, an action followed by Szczerbak & Golubev (1996) and Sindaco & Jeremchenko (2008), however, some authors have continued to list chitralensis as a valid species (e.g., Das 2003; Venugopal 2010), possibly confused by Szczerbak & Golubev (1996, which is a page by page translation of the 1986 original), in which only a footnote reveals that chitralensis has been synonymized with walli. Auffenberg, Krysko & Rehman (2010) confirmed chitralensis to be a synonym of walli. Although reported from India (Smith 1935 [as chitralensis]; Das 2003 [as chitralensis]), there are no confirmed records from the country (Venugopal 2010).
Distribution: Pakistan.