Agamura persica

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	GEKKONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Agamura persica

Species Authority:

(Duméril, 1856)

Common Name/s:

English

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Persian Spider Gecko

Synonym/s:

Agama cruralis Blanford, 1874

Gymnodactylus persicus Duméril, 1856

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Papenfuss, T. Shafiei Bafti, S., Sharifi, M. & Ananjeva, N.
Reviewer/s:	Cox, N., Temple, H.J. (Global Reptile Assessment Coordinating Team) & Böhm, M., Collen, B., Ram, M. (Sampled Red List Index Coordinating Team)
Contributor/s:	De Silva, R., Milligan, H.T., Wearn, O.R., Wren, S., Zamin, T., Sears, J., Wilson, P., Lewis, S., Lintott, P. & Powney, G.
Justification: Agamura persica is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. This species is used in the international pet trade and so more research should be carried out into the harvest levels of this species to monitor if significant population declines take place in the future.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is distributed on the Central Plateau of Iran and adjacent areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan (as far east as Sind and Waziristan) (Minton 1966, Anderson, 1999). It is found from around 30 to 1,900 m above sea level.
Countries:	Native: Afghanistan; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Pakistan
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Population [top]

Population:	This is a very common species.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a largely nocturnal species found in a wide range of dry habitats, including plains, hillsides, cliffs, rocky terraces and slopes, gravelly creek beds, and silty, gravelly and sandy soil. The vegetation cover is largely open steppe scrubland (Minton 1966, Anderson 1999).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are currently no major threats to this species. This species is used in the commercial pet trade, but there is no information to suggest this is causing a significant decline in population abundance.

Major Threat(s):

There are currently no major threats to this species. This species is used in the commercial pet trade, but there is no information to suggest this is causing a significant decline in population abundance.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no specific conservation measures in place for this species, but it is likely that it occurs in several of the protected areas of Iran. Research into the harvest levels should be carried out to ensure it does not cause significant declines in this species.

Conservation Actions:

There are no specific conservation measures in place for this species, but it is likely that it occurs in several of the protected areas of Iran. Research into the harvest levels should be carried out to ensure it does not cause significant declines in this species.

Citation:	Papenfuss, T. Shafiei Bafti, S., Sharifi, M. & Ananjeva, N. 2010. Agamura persica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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