Asaccus is a genus of geckos, commonly known as Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae.
Geographic range
The genus Asaccus is endemic to the Middle East.
Species
There are 18 species which are recognized as being valid in the genus Asaccus. Five were described in 2011.
- Asaccus andersoni Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus arnoldi Simo-Riudalbas, Tarroso, Papenfuss, Al-Sariri, & Carranza, 2017
- Asaccus authenticus Nazarov, Nabizadeh, Rajabizadeh, Melnikov, Volkova, Poyarkov & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2024 – Bandar-e jask leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus barani Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus caudivolvulus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 – Emirati leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus elisae (F. Werner, 1895) – Werner's leaf-toed gecko, Elisa's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus gallagheri (Arnold, 1972) – Gallagher's leaf-toed gecko, Gallagher's gecko
- Asaccus gardneri Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016
- Asaccus granularis Torki, 2010
- Asaccus griseonotus Dixon & S. Anderson, 1973 – grey-spotted leaf-toed gecko, grey-marked gecko
- Asaccus iranicus Torki et al., 2011
- Asaccus kermanshahensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, 1996 – Kermanshah leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus kurdistanensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, Nilson & Faizi, 2006 - Kurdistan leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus margaritae Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016 - Margarita's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus montanus Gardner, 1994 - mountain leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus nasrullahi Y. Werner, 2006 - Nasrullah's leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus platyrhynchus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 - flat-snouted leaf-toed gecko
- Asaccus saffinae Afrasiab & Mohamad, 2009
- Asaccus zagrosicus Torki et al., 2011
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Asaccus.
