Gekko alpinus MA, SHI, SHEN, CHANG & JIANG, 2024
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Gekko alpinus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Alpine Gecko Chinese: 高山壁虎 (Gāo Shān Bì Hŭ) |
| Synonym | Gekko (Japonigekko) alpinus MA, SHI, SHEN, CHANG & JIANG 2024: 301 |
| Distribution | China (Sichuan) Type locality: 29.615722°N, 99.02285°E; 2542 m a.s.l.), from Zhubalong Village, Batang County, Ganzi Zang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China |
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| Types | Holotype: CIB 121663 (Figs 4, 5), an adult male, collected 26 June 2020 by Sheng-Chao Shi, Cheng Shen, Xian-Guang Guo, and Jian-Ping Jiang. Paratypes. • One adult male: CIB 121661, four adult females: CIB 121658–60, and CIB 121664, and one subadult female: CIB 121662, with the same collection information as the holotype • One adult male: CIB 121665 and one subadult female: CIB QZ088 collected 29 June 2020 (29.731613°N, 99.002355°E; 2494 m a.s.l.), with the same collection locality and collectors’ information • One adult male: CIB 121656 and one subadult female: CIB 121657 (Fig. 6) collected 7 July 2022 (29.758142°N, 99.005975°E; 2400 m a.s.l.), from Zhubalong Village, Mangkang County, Changdu City, Xizang Autonomous Region, China by Cheng Shen, Li-Ming Chang, and Qun-De Zhang. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=11): (1) body size moderate, SVL 56.44–74.16 mm in adults; (2) head relatively narrow, HW/HL 0.51–0.79; (3) midbody scale rows 92–114, 98–114 in males and 92–106 in females; (4) interorbital scales between anterior corners of the eyes 22–28; (5) ventral scale rows 32–39; (6) tubercles present on dorsal body, forelimbs, hindlimbs and tails; (7) precloacal pores 4–7 in males and ab- sent in the females; (8) subdigital lamellae on first finger 8–11, on fourth finger 12–14, on first toe 8–11, on fourth toe 12–15, no webbing between the fingers and toes; (9) ventral scales between mental and cloacal slit 158–189; (10) nares in contact with rostral; (11) postcloacal tubercles one or two; (12) dorsal surface of body with six or seven large dark taupe bands between nape and sacrum. (Ma et al. 2024) 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. |
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