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Iranian fat-tailed gecko
Eublepharis angramainyu Anderson & Leviton, 1966
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.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Eublepharis angramainyu, also known as the Iranian fat-tailed gecko, Iranian eyelid gecko or Iraqi eyelid gecko, is a nocturnal ground-dwelling lizard native to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Its diet is insectivorous but may eat smaller vertebrates. Like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail (autotomy).
The Iraqi eyelid gecko has a continuous light vertebral stripe extending from the occiput to the base of the tail, bordered on each side by broken black stripes.
Like most geckos in the Eublpharis genus they have a fatter tail with spots.
Wikipedia contributors, Eublepharis angramainyu; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:51:22.535337+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eublepharis angramainyu Anderson & Leviton, 1966
- Name authority
- Anderson & Leviton, 1966
- Common name
- Iranian fat-tailed gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Eublepharidae
- Genus
- Eublepharis
- 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
- familyEublepharidae
- genusEublepharis
- speciesEublepharis angramainyu Anderson & Leviton, 1966
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eublepharis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Common Leopard GeckoEublepharis macularius (Blyth, 1854) | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eublepharis fuscus Börner, 1974 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eublepharis jhuma Mohapatra, Ray, Das, Satrusallya, Jena, Bhupathi, Das & Mahapatra, 2026 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Turkmenistan (or Turkmenian) Eyelid GeckoEublepharis turcmenicus Darevsky, 1977 | EublepharidaeChordata | 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 |
|---|---|
| Eublepharis ensafi Baloutch & Thireau, 1986 Baloutch & Thireau, 1986 | synonym |
| Eublepharis macularius Boulenger, 1885 Boulenger, 1885 | ambiguous 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=Eublepharis&species=angramainyu 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:6GSJY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.