Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: November 9th, 2023.




 



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Genus
Mediodactylus

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Mediterranean Bent-toed Geckos, Mediterranean Thin-toed Geckos
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Paläarktische Nacktfingergeckos
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Palæarktiske Nøgenfingergekkoer
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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.
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Mediodactylus amictopholis

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Mount Hermon Bent-toed Gecko, Lebanese Thin-toed Gecko, Mount Hermon Bowfoot Gecko
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Mount-Hermon-Nacktfingergecko
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Mount Hermon-nøgenfingergekko
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1967 |  |
Cyrtodactylus amictopholis Hoofien |
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Gymnodactylus amictopholis Szczerbak & Golubev 1981 |
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Tenuidactylus amictopholis Szczerbak & Golubev 1984 |
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Cyrtopodion amictopholis Böhme 1985 |
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Mediodactylus amictopholis Kluge 1991 |

Distribution:
Israel,
Lebanon,
Syria.
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Mediodactylus aspratilis

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Persian Keel-scaled Gecko, Iranian Keel-scaled Gecko
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Persischer Nacktfingergecko
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Persisk Nøgenfingergekko
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1973 |  |
Bunopus aspratilis Anderson |
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Carinatogecko aspratilis Golubev & Szczerbak 1981 |
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Mediodactylus aspratilis Cervenka, Frynta & Kratochvil 2010 |

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

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Cretan Bent-toed Gecko
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Kreta-Nacktfingergecko
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Kretensisk Nøgenfingergekko
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1934 |  |
Gymnodactylus bartoni Stepanek |
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Gymnodactylus kotschyi bartoni Stepanek 1937 |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi bartoni Beutler 1981 |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi bartoni Welch 1983 |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi wettsteini Beutler 1981 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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).
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Mediodactylus brachykolon

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Short-legged Bent-toed Gecko
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Kurzbein-Nacktfingergecko
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Kortbenet Nøgenfingergekko
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2007 |  |
Cyrtopodion brachykolon Krysko, Rehman & Auffenberg |
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Altigekko brachykolon Khan 2008 |
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Mediodactylus brachykolon Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013 |

Distribution:
Pakistan.
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Mediodactylus danilewskii

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Northern Bent-toed Gecko
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Nördlicher Nacktfingergecko
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Nordlig Nøgenfingergekko
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1887 |  |
Gymnodactylus danilewskii Strauch |
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Gymnodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Mertens & Müller 1940 |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Beutler 1981 |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013 |
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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) |
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Gymnodactylus kotschyi colchicus Terentjev & Chernov 1949 |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi colchicus Beutler 1981 |
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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) |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi kalypsae Beutler 1981 |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi kalypsae Welch 1983 |
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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) |
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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).
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Mediodactylus danilewskii
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Mediodactylus dehakroensis

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Deh Akro Bent-toed Gecko, Deh Akro Tuberculated Bark Gecko
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Deh-Akro-Nacktfingergecko
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Deh Akro-nøgenfingergekko
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2009 |  |
Cyrtopodion dehakroense Masroor |
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Mediodactylus dehakroense Cervenka & Kratochvil 2010 |

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

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Asia Minor Thin-toed Gecko
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Kleinasiatischer Nacktfingergecko
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Lilleasiatisk Nøgenfingergekko
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1874 |  |
Gymnodactylus heterocercus Blanford |
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Cyrtodactylus heterocercus Minton, Anderson & Anderson 1970 |
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Tenuidactylus heterocercus Szczerbak & Golubev 1984 |
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Cyrtopodion heterocercus Böhme 1985 |
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Mediodactylus heterocercus Kluge 1991 |
1924 |  |
Gymnodactylus heterocercus mardinensis Mertens |
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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.
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Mediodactylus heteropholis

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Iraqi Keel-scaled Gecko
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Irakischer Nacktfingergecko
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Irakisk Nøgenfingergekko
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1970 |  |
Tropiocolotes heteropholis Minton, Anderson & Anderson |
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Carinatogecko heteropholis Golubev & Szczerbak 1981 |
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Mediodactylus heteropholis Cervenka, Frynta & Kratochvil 2010 |

Distribution:
Iran,
Iraq.
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Mediodactylus ilamensis

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Ilam Keel-scaled Gecko
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Ilam-Nacktfingergecko
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Ilam-nøgenfingergekko
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2011 |  |
Carinatogecko ilamensis Fathinia, Karamiani, Darvishnia, Heidari & Rastegar-Pouyani |
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Mediodactylus ilamensis Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013 |

Distribution:
Iran.
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Mediodactylus kotschyi

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Balkan Bent-toed Gecko, (Mediterranean Thin-toed Gecko, Crimean Gecko, Kotschy's Gecko)
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Balkan-Nacktfingergecko, (Ägäischer Nacktfingergecko, Ägäischer Bogenfingergecko, Europäischer Nacktfingergecko)
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Balkan-nøgenfingergekko, (Ægæisk Nøgenfingergekko)
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1870 |  |
Gymnodactylus kotschyi Steindachner |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi Underwood 1954 |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi Welch 1983 |
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Tenuidactylus kotschyi Szczerbak & Golubev 1984 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi solerii Beutler 1981 |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi saronicus Beutler 1981 |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi rumelicus Beutler 1981 |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi skopjensis Beutler 1981 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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.
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Mediodactylus kotschyi
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Mediodactylus narynensis

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Naryn Thin-toed Gecko
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Naryn-Nacktfingergecko
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Naryn-nøgenfingergekko
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1999 |  |
Cyrtopodion narynensis Jerjomtschenko, Zarinenko & Panfilow |
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Mediodactylus narynensis Ananjeva, Orlov, Khalikov, Darevsky, Ryabov & Barabanov 2006 |

Distribution:
Kyrgyzstan.
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Mediodactylus oertzeni

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Dodecanesian Bent-toed Gecko
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Dodekanes-Nacktfingergecko
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Dodekanesisk Nøgenfingergekko
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1888 |  |
Gymnodactylus oertzeni Boettger |
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Gymnodactylus kotschyi oertzeni Wettstein 1937 |
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Cyrtodactylus oertzeni Underwood 1954 |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi oertzeni Beutler 1981 |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi oertzeni Welch 1983 |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi stepaneki Beutler 1981 |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi stepaneki Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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]).
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Mediodactylus orientalis

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Levant Bent-toed Gecko
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Levantischer Nacktfingergecko
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Levantisk Nøgenfingergekko
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1937 |  |
Gymnodactylus kotschyi orientalis Stepanek |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi orientalis Beutler 1981 |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi orientalis Welch 1983 |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi fitzingeri Beutler 1981 |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi fitzingeri Welch 1983 |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi steindachneri Beutler 1981 |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi syriacus Beutler 1981 |
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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) |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi lycaonicus Beutler 1981 |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi lycaonicus Welch 1983 |
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Mediodactylus orientalis lycaonicus Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018 |
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Cyrtodactylus kotschyi ciliciensis Baran & Gruber (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018) |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi ciliciensis Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013 |
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Mediodactylus orientalis ciliciensis Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018 |
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Cyrtopodion kotschyi bolkarensis Rösler (Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdík, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018) |
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Mediodactylus kotschyi bolkarensis Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013 |
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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.
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Mediodactylus orientalis
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Mediodactylus russowii

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Grey Thin-toed Gecko, Caucasian Gecko
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Transkaspischer Nacktfingergecko
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Grå Nøgenfingergekko
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1887 |  |
Gymnodactylus russowii Strauch |
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Cyrtodactylus russovii [sic] Underwood 1954 |
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Mediodactylus russowii Welch 1983 |
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Tenuidactylus russowii Szczerbak & Golubev 1984 |
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Cyrtopodion russowii Böhme 1985 |
1900 |  |
Gymnodactylus zarudnyi Nikolsky (Szczerbak & Golubev 1996) |
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Mediodactylus russowii zarudnyi Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013 |
1928 |  |
Gymnodactylus russowi kopalensis Schnitnikow (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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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.
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Mediodactylus sagittifer

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Bampur Thin-toed Gecko
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Bampur-Nacktfingergecko
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Bampur-nøgenfingergekko
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1899 |  |
Gymnodactylus sagittifer Nikolskij |
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Cyrtodactylus sagittifer Anderson 1974 |
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Mediodactylus sagittifer Welch 1983 |
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Tenuidactylus sagittifer Szczerbak & Golubev 1984 |
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Cyrtopodion sagittifer Böhme 1985 |

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

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Spiny-tailed Thin-toed Gecko
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Dornschwanz-Nacktfingergecko
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Tornhalet Nøgenfingergekko
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Alsophylax spinicauda Nikolskij |
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Gymnodactylus spinicauda Szczerbak & Golubev 1977 |
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Mediodactylus spinicauda Welch 1983 |
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Tenuidactylus spinicauda Szczerbak & Golubev 1984 |
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Cyrtopodion spinicauda Böhme 1985 |

Distribution:
Iran,
Turkmenistan.
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Mediodactylus stevenandersoni

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Delphan Keel-scaled Gecko
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Delphan-Nacktfingergecko
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Delphan-nøgenfingergekko
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2011 |  |
Carinatogecko stevenandersoni Torki |
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Mediodactylus stevenandersoni Bauer, Masroor, Titus-McQuillan, Heinicke, Daza & Jackman 2013 |

Distribution:
Iran.
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Mediodactylus walli

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Chitral Thin-toed Gecko, Chitral Gecko, (Wall's Bent-toed Gecko)
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Chitral-Nacktfingergecko
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Chitral-nøgenfingergekko
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1922 |  |
Gymnodactylus walli Ingoldby |
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Cyrtodactylus walli Kluge 1993 |
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Tenuidactylus walli Khan 1993 |
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Mesodactylus walli Khan 1999 |
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Mediodactylus walli Khan 2003 |
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Indogekko walli Khan 2004 |
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Cyrtopodion walli Krysko, Rehman & Auffenberg 2007 |
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Altiphylax walli Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 |
1935 |  |
Gymnodactylus chitralensis Smith (Khan 1992; Auffenberg, Krysko & Rehman 2010) |
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Tenuidactylus chitralensis Szczerbak & Golubev 1986 |
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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.
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