Tenuidactylus caspius (Eichwald, 1831:181)

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 490

Tenuidactylus caspius (Eichwald, 1831:181)

1831 Gymnodactylus caspius Eichwald, Zoologia Specialis quam Expositis Animalibus tum Vivis tum Fossilibus Potissimuni Rossiae in Universum, et Poloniae in Specie, in usum Lectionum Publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi Habendarum. Pars Posterior; Specialem Expositionem Spondylzoorum Continents, Pars Posterior [= Vol. 3]. Jospehi Zawadski, Vilnae [Vilnius], Russia [now Lithuania]. (3) + 404 pp., 2 folding pls. (Decima Classis. Amphibia [pp. 116–197]. Explicatio Tabularum [pp. 395–396]. Index Generum [pp. 397–404]).

LECTOTYPE.— ZISP 3182 , from “ Baku ” on the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan.

SYNONYMS.— Gymnodactylus caspius insularis Akhmedov and Szczerbak, 1978 from “Island of Vulf, Caspian Sea” [translation from Russian].

LOCALITIES.— Ag Chah settlement [Mazar-i-Sharif Prov.] (SNM 01–05); 25 km SW of Aqcha (CAS 120327–29, CAS 121068); Bala-Murghab [Herat Prov.] (MMB 28454–55); mountains near Cia-i-Dudi [= Kuh-e Chah Dudi] (MZUF 24144); Herat to Islam Qala (CAS 97976); Mazar-i-Sharif (FMNH 161092–96, FMNH 161099–100, FMNH 161102–03, FMNH 161106– 07); Pagham (FMNH 161063); 10 km W of Tashkurgan (CAS 120326); Tchachméh Cher, 17 km N of Pol-Khomri (NMW 15878); cave near Vaqiéh, 10 km from Sar-i Pul (MZLU L957/3792); Zebak, 64 mi by rd E Faizabad (CAS 115945, FMNH 161130) [see pl. 6, fig. 7 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Recently recognized as member of the genus Tenuidactylus by Bauer et al. (2013). Sindaco and Jeremčenko (2008) also recognize this species from “Neizar” on the Iran side of Sistan.