Gekko aaronbaueri TRI, THAI, PHIMVOHAN, DAVID & TEYNIÉ, 2015

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Aaron Bauer’s Gecko Vietnamese: Thằn lằn đá Aaron Bauer
Synonym	Gekko aaronbaueri TRI, THAI, PHIMVOHAN, DAVID & TEYNIÉ 2015 Gekko (Japonigekko) aaronbaueri — WOOD et al. 2019 Gekko (Japonigekko) aaronbaueri — WOOD et al. 2020 Gekko aaronbaueri — STUART et al. in WCS 2024
Distribution	Laos (Khammouan) Type locality: Lom Yen Cave, Nhommalath District, Khammouan Province, central Laos, approximately 150–200 m elevation (17°35.072'N, 105°13.022'E).
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: ITBCZ 2490, adult male, collected by Ngô Văn Trí, 28 January 2014. Paratypes. ITBCZ 2491–2492, males, and ITBCZ 2493, female; same locality and collection date as holotype; collected by Phạm Hồng Thái and Ngô Văn Trí. ITBCZ 2331, adult female, collected by Ngô Văn Trí, 30 April 2014.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A moderately sized Gekko species, maximum SVL 80.0 mm, that may be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: 0–1 internasal; 34–37 interorbital scales rows; smooth dorsal scales consisting of 98–104 scale rows at midbody; 39–43 ventral scale rows at midbody; 3–4 precloacal pores in a straight series in males, sometimes separated by one poreless scale; 16 lamellae beneath digit I of pes; 15–16 lamellae beneath digit IV of pes; tail relatively segmented with 10–11 scales rows in length; median subcaudal scales forming broad transverse plates; dorsal pattern of 5–6 dirty whitish vertebral blotches between nape and sacrum alternating with W-shaped darkish blotches with yellowish borders; 6–7 pairs of irregular whitish spots interspersed with yellowish edged blotches on flanks between limb insertions. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 45 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
References	LUU, VINH QUANG; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, THOMAS ZIEGLER 2017. A new karst dwelling species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos. Zootaxa 4263 (1): 179-193 - get paper here NGO, VAN TRI; PHAM HONG THAI, ANORATH PHIMVOHAN, PATRICK DAVID & ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ 2015. Gekko aaronbaueri, a new gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos. Zootaxa 3914 (2): 144–156 - get paper here WCS 2024. Wildlife in Lao PDR, 2024 Status Report. Vientiane; Wildlife Conservation Society Lao PDR Program Wood Jr, Perry L.; Xianguang Guo, Scott L. Travers, Yong-Chao Su, Karen V. Olson, Aaron M. Bauer, L. Lee Grismer, Cameron D. Siler, Robert G. Moyle, Michael J. Andersen, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. bioRxiv 717520 [preprint] - get paper here Wood, P. L., Guo, X., Travers, S. L., Su, Y. C., Olson, K. V., Bauer, A. M., Grismer, L. L., Siler, C. D., Moyle, R. G., Andersen, M. J. and Brown, R. M. 2020. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106731 [corrigendum: MPE 164: 107255] - get paper here Xu Y, Ma S, Cai B, Qi S, Matsukoji T, Poyarkov NA, Sun F, Weng S, Gu T, Tian K, Zhang D, Jiang J, Peng L 2025. A new rock-dwelling gecko of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekko) from northwestern Sichuan Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 2221-2242 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here Cao, J., Poyarkov, N.A., Wei, P., Tie, M., Matsukoji, T., Suwannapoom, C., Ai, R., Lu, W., Sucharitakul, P., Wang, H., Chomdej, S., Yuan, Z. & Yan, F. 2026. Diversity, Phylogeny, and biogeography of the subgenus Japonigekko (Gekkonidae: Gekko). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108530 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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