NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Caspian Bent-Toed Gecko
Tenuidactylus caspius (Eichwald, 1831)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Tenuidactylus caspius with prey at midnight in Sari, Iran
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Open encyclopedia reference
Tenuidactylus caspius, also known as the Caspian bent-toed gecko or Caspian thin-toed gecko, is a species of gecko that ranges widely from southwestern Kazakhstan, southern Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan west to southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, south to Iran and northern Afghanistan.
Wikipedia contributors, Tenuidactylus caspius; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:27:51.185796+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tenuidactylus caspius (Eichwald, 1831)
- Name authority
- (Eichwald, 1831)
- Common name
- Caspian Bent-Toed Gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Tenuidactylus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderGekkota
- familyGekkonidae
- genusTenuidactylus
- speciesTenuidactylus caspius (Eichwald, 1831)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tenuidactylus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Kashghar Thin-toed geckoTenuidactylus elongatus (Blanford, 1875) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Turkmenian Thin-Toed GeckoTenuidactylus turcmenicus (Szczerbak, 1978) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bogdanov’s thin-toed geckoTenuidactylus bogdanovi Nazarov & Poyarkov, 2013 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tenuidactylus dadunensis (Shi & Zhao, 2011) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Turkestan Thin-toed geckoTenuidactylus fedtschenkoi (Strauch, 1887) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Long-Legged Thin-Toed GeckoTenuidactylus longipes (Nikolsky, 1896) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gymnodactylus caspius Eichwald, 1831 Eichwald, 1831 | synonym |
| Gymnodactylus caspius insularis Akhmedov & Szczerbak, 1978 Akhmedov & Szczerbak, 1978 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Tenuidactylus&species=caspius Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:55B9H. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.