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Gehyra chrysopeleia KRAUS, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymGehyra chrysopeleia KRAUS 2024: 242
Gehyra vorax — BECKON 1992: 451 [part].
Gehyra membranacruralis — FLECKS et al. 2012: 205 [part]
Gehyra sp. Sudest, PNG — HEINICKE et al. 2011: 588 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province)

Type locality: forest just west of Araeda, Sudest Island, 11.4362° S, 153.4301° E, ~10 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BPBM 19772 (field tag FK 9751), mature male, given to F. Kraus by local villagers, 21 April 2004.
Paratypes (n=2). Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay Province : Joe Landing, [11.416° S, 153.383° E ], 0–100 m a..s.l., Sudest Island, 15 August 1956 (AMNH 76753), west slope Mt. rio, 250–350 m a.s.l., Sudest Island, 23 August 1956 (AMNH 76763).
 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. A large (SVL of adult males 133–142 mm, of adult female 125.5 mm) species of Gehyra having entirely undivided subterminal lamellae on all toes; 17–20 T4 lamellae; 15–16 T1 lamellae; extensive webbing between all toes (T3–T4webL/T4L = 0.38–0.48, T4–T5webL/T4L = 0.21–0.30); small eye (EY/EN = 0.48–0.53); long snout (SN/HL = 0.51–0.55, EN/HL = 0.44–0.45); 44–46 precloacal/femoral pores in a continous row in males (AMNH 76753 has 23 pores on right leg, so that count doubled to arrive at 46); single row of enlarged subcaudal scales; rounded tail lacking serrations; lateral, antecubital, and popliteal skin folds well developed; rostral quadrangular; postmentals elongate; supranasal bordered posteriorly by at least one scale that is >50% the size of supranasal; and dorsal color pattern pale yellow gray with vaguely defined brown bands on the dorsum and limbs. (Lraus 2024) 
Comment 
References
  • Beckon, W.N. 1992. The giant Pacific geckos of the genus Gehyra: morphological variation, distribution, and biogeography. Copeia 1992 (2): 443-460 - get paper here
  • Flecks M., Schmitz A., Böhme W., Henkel F. W. & Ineich I. 2012. A new species of Gehyra Gray, 1834 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Loyalty Islands and Vanuatu, and phylogenetic relationships in the genus Gehyra in Melanesia. Zoosystema 34 (2): 203-221, http://dx.doi. org/10.5252/z2012n2a1 - get paper here
  • Heinicke, M.P., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, V & Bauer, A.M. 2011. Phylogeny of a trans-wallacean radiation (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gehyra) supports a single early colonization of Australia. Zoologica Scripta, 40, 584–602 - get paper here
  • KRAUS, F. 2024. New species of Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 5512 (2), 240-271 - get paper here
 
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