Gekko kwangsiensis YANG, 2015
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Kwangsi Gecko Chinese: 广西壁虎 |
Synonym | Gekko kwangsiensis YANG 2015 Gekko (Japonigekko) kwangsiensis — WOOD et al. 2019 Gekko (Japonigekko) kwangsiensis — WOOD et al. 2020 |
Distribution | China (Guangxi) Type locality: Wuming County, Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China |
Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype: KFBG 14076, adult male, collected on 10 July 2013 by J.H. Yang and Sheng Zheng. Paratypes: Five paratypes: two adult males KFBG 14074–75; one adult female KFBG 14077; one subadult female KFBG 14078; one subadult male KFBG 14079; data identical to the holotype. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Gekko kwangsiensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners by a combination of following characters: body relatively small (SVL 64.2–69.7 mm in adults), slender; nares in contact with rostral; internasal absent or single; postmentals two (rarely three), enlarged; interorbital scales between anterior corners of the eyes 29–31; dorsal tubercle rows 9–11; ventral scales between mental and cloacal slit 185–208; midbody scale rows 143–156; ventral scale rows 41–45; subdigital lamellae on first toe 11–13, on fourth toe 13–18; finger and toe webbing weakly developed; tubercles absent on upper surface of fore limbs and hind limbs; precloacal pores nine to ten in males, absent in females; postcloacal tubercle single; tubercles present on dorsal surface of tail base; subcaudals enlarged; dorsal surface of body with 9–10 thin light bands between nape and sacrum, and dorsal surface of tail with remarkable black and white bands. |
Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | Named after its type locality, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (Kwangsi is the former spelling of Guangxi). |
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