The genus Microgecko Nikolskii, 1907 (Gekkonidae) currently includes eight species distributed from western Iran to north-western India and Pakistan. During field research in Iraq, we found a population of the genus near to the Darbandikhan Lake in the north-eastern part of the country. Because members of the genus are characterized by a higher level of morphological and genetic diversity, we investigated the population using both morphological and molecular approaches. The phylogenetic analyses based on a fragment of the mitochondrial marker cytochrome b and morphological characters showed that our investigated population belongs to M. helenae fasciatus. This is the first record of the genus and species for Iraq. Moreover, the phylogenetic structure within M. helenae shows divergences that suggest the elevation of M. h. fasciatus to species level.

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Microgecko Nikolskii属的第一张唱片，1907年为伊拉克

Microgecko Nikolskii，1907（Gekkonidae）属目前包括从伊朗西部到印度西北部印度和巴基斯坦的八种。在伊拉克进行实地研究时，我们发现了该国东北部Darbandikhan湖附近的一个种群。由于该属的成员具有较高水平的形态和遗传多样性，因此我们使用形态学和分子方法研究了种群。基于线粒体标记细胞色素b片段和形态特征的系统发育分析表明，我们调查的种群属于筋膜分枝杆菌。这是伊拉克属的第一个记录。此外，Helenae内的系统发育结构显示出差异，表明M. h的升高。筋膜到种的水平。