Hemiphyllodactylus yuanyangensis ZHOU, WANG, HAN, ANG, ZHANG, LIU & RAO, 2026
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Hemiphyllodactylus yuanyangensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Yuanyang Slender Gecko Chinese: 元阳半叶趾虎 (Yuán Yáng Bàn Yè Zhǐ Hǔ) |
| Synonym | Hemiphyllodactylus yuanyangensis ZHOU, WANG, HAN, ANG, ZHANG, LIU & RAO 2026 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Xinjie town, Yuanyang County, Yunnan, China (N23.153°, E102.746° at an elevation of 1 642 m a.s.l.). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: KIZ2023Z387, Adult male, collected on 16 August 2023 by Hongxin Zhou, Xiuyan Li. Paratype: Five adult males (KIZ2023Z392, KIZ2023Z394, KIZ2023Z398, KIZ2023Z402, KIZ2023Z403) and three adult females (KIZ2023Z388, KIZ2023Z397, KIZ2023Z404) collected on 16 August 2023 by Hongxin Zhou, Xiuyan Li from Xinjie town, Yuanyang County, Yunnan, China. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus yuanyangensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from its known congeners by a combination of the following characters: maximum SVL of 46 mm; 7–10 chin scales; enlarged postmentals; 5 circumnasal scales; 1–3 internasal scales; 9–11 supralabial scales; 9–10 infralabial scales; dorsal scales 14 or 15; ventral scales 8 or 9; a manual lamellar formula of 3 (4)-(4–6)-5 (6)-4 (5) and a pedal lamellar formula of 4 (5)-5 (6)-6 (7)-5 (6); 24–26 precloacal and femoral pore–bearing scales contiguous in males; 1 or 2 cloacal spur on each side; the color of the back of the body is grayish brown; dark postorbital stripes present; dorsolateral light– colored spots on trunk present; two lines of bicolor transverse blotches running from neck to sacrum on dorsal side; dark dorsolateral stripe on trunk present; a brown postsacral mark bearing anteriorly projecting arms and transverse spots on the back of the tail present, which are dark in color. (Zhou et al. 2026) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about 1.48 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
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