# Microgecko persicus

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Microgecko_persicus
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Microgecko_persicus.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgecko_persicus
> Source revision: 1355135279
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{Speciesbox
|image= Tropiocolotes persicus bakhtiari in Iran.png
|image_caption= ''Microgecko persicus bakhtiari's'' distribution in Iran
|status=
|status_system=
|status_ref=
|genus=Microgecko
|species=persicus
|authority=(Nikolsky, 1903)<ref name=GBIF /><ref name=raj2010/>
|synonyms_ref=<ref name=rdb/><ref name="GBIF"/>
|synonyms={{Species list
|Alsophylax persicus|[Nikolsky](/source/Alexander_Nikolsky), 1903
|Bunopus persicus|
|Cyrtodactylus persicus|
|Tropiocolotes persicus|
|Tropiocolotes (Microgecko) persicus|
}}
}}

'''''Microgecko persicus''''', known as the '''Persia sand gecko''' or '''Persian dwarf gecko''', is a [species](/source/species) of [lizard](/source/lizard) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Gekkonidae](/source/Gekkonidae). The species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Iran](/source/Iran), [Iraq](/source/Iraq) and [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan).<ref name=itis/><ref name=ncbi/><ref name=rdb/> {{As of|January 2019}} its conservation status has not been assessed on the [IUCN Red List](/source/IUCN_Red_List).<ref name=iucnsearch/>

==Taxonomy==
The Persia sand gecko was first [formally described](/source/species_description) in 1903 by [Alexander Nikolsky](/source/Alexander_Nikolsky) as ''[Alsophylax](/source/Alsophylax) persicus''. It has since been placed in several genera, including ''[Cyrtodactylus](/source/Cyrtodactylus)'', ''[Bunopus](/source/Bunopus)'', and ''[Tropiocolotes](/source/Tropiocolotes)''.<ref name=rdb/>

There are three accepted subspecies:
*''Microgecko persicus bakhtiari'' <small>Minton, Anderson, & Anderson, 1970</small>
*''Microgecko persicus euphorbiacola'' <small>Minton, Anderson, & Anderson, 1970</small>
*''Microgecko persicus persicus'' <small>(Nikolsky, 1903)</small>

The common names refers to its distribution in [Persia](/source/Persia) (now [Iran](/source/Iran)).<ref name=rdb/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="GBIF">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2445707|title=''Microgecko persicus'' (Nikolsky, 1903)|website=www.gbif.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref>
<ref name=itis>{{cite web |title=ITIS Standard Report Page: Microgecko persicus |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=818920#null |website=www.itis.gov |accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=iucnsearch>[https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=Microgecko%20&searchType=species IUCN Red List].</ref>
<ref name=ncbi>{{cite web |title=Taxonomy Browser |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1303479&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref> 
<ref name=raj2010>{{Cite journal|title=New insights in the taxonomy of the Persian Sand Gecko, ''Tropiocolotes persicus'' (Nikolsky, 1903)|journal=Zoology in the Middle East|volume=49|pages=55–62|doi=10.1080/09397140.2010.10638390|year=2010|last1=Rajabizadeh|first1=Mehdi|last2=Rastegar-Pouyani|first2=Nasrullah|last3=Faizi|first3=Hiva|last4=Bostanchi|first4=Hamid}}</ref>
<ref name=rdb>{{cite web |title=''Microgecko persicus'' |url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Microgecko&species=persicus |website=Reptarium.cz Reptile Database |publisher=www.reptile-database.org |accessdate=8 January 2019}}</ref>
}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q3540771}}

persicus
Category:Reptiles of Iran
Category:Reptiles of Pakistan
Category:Taxa named by Alexander Nikolsky

{{Gekkonidae-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Microgecko persicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgecko_persicus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgecko_persicus?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.