AmphibiaWeb - Paradactylodon persicus


Paradactylodon persicus (Eiselt & Steiner, 1970) Subgenus: Paradactylodon	family: Hynobiidae subfamily: Hynobiinae genus: Paradactylodon
Taxonomic Notes: Populations from the far eastern parts of the Elburz Mountains of Iran were long recognized as Paradactylodon gorganensis. Ahmadzadeh, et al. 2020 Amphibia- Reptilia 41:519-534 use mtDNA markers to study goegraphic variation, which is very low. P. gorganensis is nested within P. persicus and is synonymized with it. Dubois and Raffaelli (2012) Alytes 28:77-161 consider the creation of the name Paradactylodon to be invalid and offer a substitute name Iranodon. AmphibiaWeb considers Paradactylodon to be a valid name.

Conservation Status (definitions)

IUCN Red List Status Account	Near Threatened (NT)
CITES	No CITES Listing
National Status	Iran: Vulnerable
Regional Status	Shirabad Cave and the surrounding area was designated a Natural National Place by the Department of Environment of Gorgan and Gonbad-e-Kavous in 1998.