Cyrtopodion gastrophole (Werner, 1917)

Esmaeili-Rineh, Somayeh, Akmali, Vahid, Fathipour, Farajollah, Heidari, Nastaran & Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, 2016, New distribution records of cave-dwelling gekkonid lizards (Sauria, Gekkonidae and Phyllodactylidae) in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, Subterranean Biology 18, pp. 39-47 : 41-42

Taxon classification Animalia Squamata Gekkonidae

Cyrtopodion gastrophole (Werner, 1917) Figure 3B

Cyrtopodion gastrophole Werner’s bent-toed gecko, Persian Spider-gecko

Remarks.

Mean snout-vent length 44.8 mm, tail 54.5 mm.

This species is an endemic species for Iran, known only from its type locality, the Fars province. But we collected this species in a cave in Bushehr province. We collected this species inside Dalaki cave, in humid and cool places used as a shelter for physiological thermoregulation during mid-day hours. Usually active at night but in the middle of the day it was found in shaded areas and feed on Lepidoptera insects.