Carinatogecko ilamensis, Fathinia & Karamiani & Darvishnia & Heidari & Abstract.-A & Township & Province, 2011

Fathinia, Behzad, Karamiani, Rasoul, Darvishnia, Hamid, Heidari, Naghi & Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, 2011, A new species of Carinatogecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Ilam Province, western Iran, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 5 (1), pp. 61-74 : 72-73

Key to species of the genus Carinatogecko Golubev & Szczerbak, 1981

1a Postmentals absent ………………………………………………………. Carinatogecko ilamensis sp. nov.

1b Postmentals present ……………………………………………………………………………………...… 2

2a Presence of 3-4 pairs of postmentals ..…………............... Carinatogecko stevenandersoni (Torki 2011)

2b Presence of two pairs of postmentals ………………………………..………………………………….. 3

3a Scales in middle of back distinctly larger than abdominals; caudal tubercles pointed, raised, with enlarged posterior facets; analogous dorsal tubercles present on forearms; 17-18 subdigital lamellae under the 4 th toe ………………………………………………...…. Carinatogecko aspratilis (Anderson 1973)

3b Scales in middle of back negligibly smaller or alike in size to abdominals; caudal tubercles not point- ed, posterior facets not raised; no analogous tubercles on forearms …………………………….…… 4

4a Fifteen subdigital lamellae under the fourth toe; 11-13 bands on original tail ……………………………………..……… Carinatogecko heteropholis (Minton,Anderson, and Anderson 1970)

4b Sixteen to seventeen lamellae under the fourth toe; nine bands across original tail …………………………………………..…………… Carinatogecko cf. heteropholis (Červenka, et al. 2010) namented, with keeled transverse subdigital lamellae; dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous, small juxtaposed scales intermixed with tubercles; pupil vertical; tail segmented, caudal tubercles with bases in the middle of each segment, separated from posterior margin of segment by ring of scales ( Anderson 1999: 144).

Acknowledgments. — The authors thank the authorities of Ilam Province Department of the Environment, especially Mr. Fereydoon Baavir from Zarinabad city, for his assistance during fieldwork. We thank the Razi University authorities, Kermanshah, for their help and support during field work in western Iran .