TurkJZool 26(2002)315-316 ©TÜB‹TAK ResearchNote OnanAsaccuselisae (F.Werner,1895)(Sauria:Gekkonidae) SpecimenCollectedfromtheVicinityofNusaybin,Mardin CemalVarolTOK ÇanakkaleOnsekiz MartUniversity,FacultyofScienceandArts,DepartmentofBiology,Terzio¤luCampus,Çanakkale-TURKEY MehmetKutsayATATÜR,DurmuflC‹HAN EgeUniversity,FacultyofScience,DepartmentofBiology,35100,Bornova,‹zmir-TURKEY Received:25.12.2001 Abstract: AsingleAsaccuselisae specimen,whichwascaughtfromthevicinityofNusaybin,MardininSEAnatolia,wasexamined morphologically.ThepreviousknownlocalityofthespeciesinAnatoliawasBirecik,nearfianl›urfa. KeyWords: Asaccuselisae,Morphology,Distribution Nusaybin(Mardin)Civar›ndanToplananAsaccuselisae (F.WERNER,1895) (Sauria:Gekkonidae)Örne¤iHakk›nda Özet: Buçal›flmada,Güneydo¤uAnadolu’daNusaybin(Mardin)civar›ndantoplananbir Asaccuselisae örne¤imorfolojikolarakince- lenmifltir.TürünAnadolu’daöncedenbilinenlokalitesiBirecik(fianl›urfa)’tir. AnahtarSözcükler: Asaccuselisae,Morfoloji,Da¤›l›fl Introduction MaterialandMethods FormerlyknownasPhyllodactyluselisae (1),thefirst Thespecimenwascaughtonthewallofaconcrete reportofthespeciesinTurkeywasfromthevicinityof wellnearawateringcanalofBahçebafl›Village,northof Birecik(2).VerifyingKluge’s(3)claimonsome Nusaybinat3:00p.m. anatomicaldistinctionsof P.elisae,DixonandAnderson Thecolorandpatterncharacteristicsofthespecimen (4)assigned elisae toanewlyerectedgenus: Asaccus. werenoted;thenitwasfixedandputin70%ethanol. BaranandGruber(5)identifiedspecimensfromBirecik asAsacus[sic] elisae.Intheircomparativestudyof Material:ZDEU(ZoologyDepartment–Ege samplesfromBirecik,Iran,SyriaandIraq,Toketal.(6) University)39/2001.1,Bahçebafl›Village–Nusaybin/ consideredthesepopulationstobe Asaccuselisae .The Mardin,24.06.2001,leg.D.Cihan. onlyknownlocalityof A.elisae inAnatoliawasgivenas Thenecessarymeasurementsweretakenutilizinga thevicinityofBirecikbyBaflo¤luandBaran(7),Baran digitalcaliperof0.01mmsensitivity.Therelevantdata andAtatür(8)andSindacoetal.(9).Inarecentfield onthemeasurementpointswasgiveninToketal.(6). study,some A.elisae specimenswerecollectedfrom Harran,alocalityapproximately90kmeastofBirecik(‹. Baran,pers.comm.). Results Thepresentstudyisonasinglespecimencollected Morphology: Thefirstinframaxillarypairoftheadult fromNusaybin,Mardin,alocalityalmost290kmeastof specimenwasnotincontact,nopreanalporeswere Birecik.Amorphologicalevaluationismade,theknown presentbutapairofdistincttubercleslateraltotheanal rangeofthespeciesisalsoextended. openingwasevident.Thenumberofgranulesbetween 315 OnanAsaccuselisae (F.Werner,1895)(Sauria:Gekkonidae)SpecimenCollectedfromtheVicinityofNusaybin,Mardin thetuberclesatmid-trunkwasvariable,varyingbetween Conclusion 1and5.Betweenthetailgranulestherewere3-4scale TheNusaybinspecimenwasslightlylargerthan rows,theregeneratedpartsofwhichdidnotcontain previouslymeasured(N:8)specimensfromSyria(6),had tubercles.Thedistributionofthescalesposteriortothe ahigherTAIvaluethanthosefromIraq(N:6)andIran internasalswerein“Btype“(6).Theothervaluesrelevant (N:28),washigherinSLthanthosefromTurkey(N:59) tothespecimenaregivenintheTable. andIraq,andhadahigherTEcountthanthosefromIraq, ColorandPattern:Groundcolorationofthedorsum butwaslowerinMELcountthanthosefromIran.The waslightgray,overlaidwithbrownmaculations.Nearthe studiedspecimendisplayedagreatlikenessto Asaccus baseoftheregeneratedtail,twobrownbandswere elisae specimensfromBirecik(6)withregardto evident.Theventerofthespecimenwasdirtywhite. morphologicalmeasurements,pholidoticandcolorand patterncharacteristics.However,whileineveryspecimen fromBirecik,Iran,IraqandSyriathefirstinframaxillary pairwasfoundtobeincontact,intheNusaybinspecimen theywereseparate. Table. MorphologicaldataontheNusaybinspecimen. SVL:Snout-ventlength(mm),EO:Earopening(mm),DTL:Dorsaltuberclelength(mm),LTR:Longitudinaltuberclerows,NPT:Num ber ofparavertebraltubercles,TAI:Numberofparavertebraltuberclesbetweentheaxial-inguinalregion,SP:Scalesposteriortop ostnasals, SPE:Scalesbetweenpostnasalsandeye,SL:Scalesbetweenthe3rdlabials,IS:Interorbitalscales,TE:Tuberclesbetweenthe ears,SLT: Subdigitallamellaeofthe4thtoe,MEL:Mid-eyelabials,ML:Mouthlabials,MEIL:Mid-eyeinfralabials,MIL:Mouthinfralabial s,LV: Longitudinalventrals,TV:Transversalventrals. SVL EO DTL LTR EO/DTL SVL/DTL NPT TAI SPSPE SL IS TE SLT MEL ML MEIL MIL LV TV 57.06 1.80 1.27 12 1.42 44.93 26 18 5 10 18 20 13 14 9 12 7 10 33 67 References 1. Werner,F.,UebereineSammlungvonReptilienausPersien, 6. Tok,C.V.,Atatür,M.K.,Taflkavak,E.,TaxonomicStatusof MesopotamienundArabien.Verh.Zool.,Bot.Ges.Wien45:p.13, Asaccuselisae (F.WERNER)fromBirecik,Anatolia.IsraelJournal pl.3.,1895. ofZoology,Vol.43,71-77,1997. 2. 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