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Asaccus nasrullahi Werner, 2006 Asaccus nasrullahi Werner, 2006: 136. COMMON NAME. — Nasrullah’s Leaf-toed Gecko. HOLOTYPE. — ZMUC-R 3447. TYPE LOCALITY. — ShahBazan, Lorestan Province. DISTRIBUTION. — Lorestan and Ilam Provinces. HABITAT. — Zagros Mountains, with temperate climate, and the dominant vegetation mostly composing of oak trees. The microhabitat of this species composed of deep valleys with large boulders and deep crevices. IUCN. — Least concern. REFERENCE. — Werner (2006). REMARK The holotype has been misidentified as a Ptyodactylus Goldfuss, 1820 by Schmidt (1952). The holotype resembles A. griseonotus Dixon & Anderson, 1973 in many characters. Additional work is needed to reveal the taxonomic status of the two species. Asaccus tangestanensis Torki, Ahmadzadeh, Ilgaz, Published as part of Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali, 2018, Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran, pp. 507-537 in Zoosystema 40 (24) on page 521, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a24, http://zenodo.org/record/4336795, {"references":["ANDERSON S. C. 1973. - A new species of Bunopus from Iran and a key to lizards of the genus Bunopus. Herpetologica 29: 355 - 358."]}

Asaccus kurdistanensis Rastegar-Pouyani, Nilson, & Faizi, 2006 Asaccus kurdistanensis Rastegar-Pouyani, Nilson & Faizi, 2006: 142. COMMON NAME. — Kurdistan Leaf-toad Gecko. HOLOTYPE. — RUZM 1999. TYPE LOCALITY. — 10 km North West of Sarvabad, between Marivan and Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. DISTRIBUTION. — Kurdistan and Kermanshah Provinces, Western Iran. HABITAT. — Mountainous areas with large boulders and rocks intermixed with scattered oak forest. IUCN. — Least concern. REFERENCE. — Rastegar-Pouyani et al. (2006)., Published as part of Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali, 2018, Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran, pp. 507-537 in Zoosystema 40 (24) on page 521, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a24, http://zenodo.org/record/4336795

Asaccus kermanshahensis Rastegar-Pouyani, 1996 Asaccus kermanshahensis Rastegar-Pouyani, 1996: 12. COMMON NAME. — Kermanshah Leaf-toad Gecko. HOLOTYPE. — TUZM 164 R. TYPE LOCALITY. — Mian-Rahan, 40 km North East of Kermanshah city, Kermanshah Province. DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the type locality. HABITAT. — Rock crevices and small caves in the Zagros Mountains. IUCN. — Least concern. REFERENCE. — Rastegar-Pouyani (1996)., Published as part of Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali, 2018, Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran, pp. 507-537 in Zoosystema 40 (24) on page 521, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a24, http://zenodo.org/record/4336795

Asaccus andersoni Torki, Fathinia, Rostami, Gharzi & Nazari-Serenheh, 2011 Asaccus andersoni Torki, Fathinia, Rostami, Gharzi & NazariSerenheh, 2011: 52. COMMON NAME. — Anderson Leaf-toad Gecko. HOLOTYPE. — ZMB 75015. TYPE LOCALITY. — Mont Darbaste, 2 km North of Teran village, Ivan City, Ilam Province, West of Iran. DISTRIBUTION. — Only recorded from the type locality. HABITAT. — A mountainous area covered with scattered oak forests which is characterized by deeply carved-out gullies running from the base to the top with large rocks and boulders inside and high rocky walls at both sides. IUCN. — Not evaluated. REFERENCE. — Torki et al. (2011b)., Published as part of Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali, 2018, Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran, pp. 507-537 in Zoosystema 40 (24) on page 520, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a24, http://zenodo.org/record/4336795

Asaccus granularis Torki, 2010 Asaccus granularis Torki 2010 a: 4. COMMON NAME. — Lorestan Leaf-toad Gecko. HOLOTYPE. — ZMB 75010. TYPE LOCALITY. — Khers-Dar village, 5 km North West of Poledokhtar town, Lorestan Province. DISTRIBUTION. — Known from the type locality only. HABITAT. — Mountainous regions covered with open oak forests. The species uses the spaces under rocky outcrops as shelter. IUCN. — Not evaluated. REFERENCE. — Torki (2010a). REMARK The species differs from all Iranian congeners by the absence of tubercular scales on the neck and upper side of the head., Published as part of Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali, 2018, Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran, pp. 507-537 in Zoosystema 40 (24) on page 520, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a24, http://zenodo.org/record/4336795

Asaccus iranicus Torki, Ahmadzadeh, Ilgaz, Avci, & Kumluta, 2011 Asaccus iranicus Torki, Ahmadzadeh, Ilgaz, Avci, & Kumluta, 2011: 187. COMMON NAME. — Iranian Leaf-toad Gecko. HOLOTYPE. — ZFMK 91933. TYPE LOCALITY. — Coastal Persian Gulf, Assaloye City, Bushehr Province. DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the type locality. HABITAT. — Elevation of type locality is 100 m a.s.l. No mountain or hill is found in the region. IUCN. — Not evaluated. REFERENCE. — Torki et al. (2011c). REMARK A. iranicus differs from all other congeners as follows: the direction of the fingers to forelimb palm is different, scansors do not extend beyond claws, and the tubercles are present on the arms., Published as part of Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali, 2018, Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran, pp. 507-537 in Zoosystema 40 (24) on page 521, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a24, http://zenodo.org/record/4336795