Author/Authors :
Hosseinzadeh,، M نويسنده Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran , , Aliabadian، M نويسنده Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran , , Rastegar-Pouyani، E نويسنده Department of Biology, Faculty of science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran , , Rastegar-Pouyani، N نويسنده Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Razi University, 6714967346 Kermanshah, Iran ,
Abstract :
The four species of Hemidactylus have been reported in Iran as follows: H. persicus, H.
robustus, H. flaviviridis and H. romeshkanicus which is endemic to Lorestan province of Iran.
In this study, 108 specimens belonging to these species of Hemidactylus were examined
morphologically, using 19 metric and six meristic characters. The pairwise analysis of
variance showed separation between H. persicus and H. robustus, H. flavivirids and H.
robustus is more obvious rather than H. persicus and H. flaviviridis which have a similar body
size. Multivariate analyses showed morphological differences among these three species
with exception H. romeshkanicus which was found to be indistinguishable from the
specimens of H. persicus, especially in the Canonical variates analysis. Additionally,
previous study showed presences of high intraspecific variation among populations of H.
persicus complex and therefore we could not definitely decide about the taxonomic status
of H. romeshkanicus with only one specimen. But we suggest that latter species probably
belongs to a local populations inside H. persicus complex.
