Hemidactylus almakhwah ŠMÍD, UVIZL, SHOBRAK, BUSAIS, SALIM, ALGETHAMI, ALGETHAMI, ALANZI, ALSUBAIE, ROVATSOS, NOV´ÁKOVA, MAZUCH & CARRANZA, 2022
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Hemidactylus almakhwah
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Hemidactylus almakhwah ŠMÍD, UVIZL, SHOBRAK, BUSAIS, SALIM, ALGETHAMI, ALGETHAMI, ALANZI, ALSUBAIE, ROVATSOS, NOV´ÁKOVA, MAZUCH & CARRANZA 2022 Hemidactylus sp. 13 — CARRANZA et al. 2018 Hemidactylus sp. 13 — VASCONCELOS & CARRANZA 2014 |
| Distribution | Saudi Arabia (Makkah Province) Type locality: Saudi Arabia, Makkah Province, dry wadi SW of Al Ju’aydah (19.657°N, 41.567°E, datum WGS84, 548 m above sea level [asl]) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype (Fig. 5). NMP 76093/2 (sample code CN15140), adult male; June 24, 2019; collected by J. Šmíd, S. Carranza, M. Shobrak, S. Busais, A. F. Salim, R. H. M AlGethami, A. R. AlGethami, A. S. K. Alanazi, and S. D. A. Alsubaie. Paratypes (Fig. 6). Adult males (NMP 76093/1, NMP 76093/6, sample codes CN15129, CN15166), adult female (NMP 76093/4, sample code CN15168), subadults (NMP 76093/3, NMP 76093/5, sample codes CN15167, CN15169), same collection data as the holotype. Adult male (NMP 76092/1, sample code CN15719), Saudi Arabia, Makkah Province, Al Ju’aydah (19.657°N, 41.579°E, 482 m asl), March 30, 2019. Adult males (NMP 76091/2, NMP 76091/3, sample codes CN15709, CN15710), adult females (NMP 76091/1, NMP 76091/4, sample codes CN15519, CN15711), Saudi Arabia, Al Bahah Province, Al Makhwah (19.810°N, 41.442°E, 459 m asl), March 30, 2019. All paratypes have the same collectors as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis A species of the Arabian radiation of the genus Hemidactylus (Šmíd et al., 2013a, 2020), a member of the H. saba species group sensu Šmíd et al. (2013b) characterized by the following combination of morphological traits: (1) enlarged, granular tubercles present dorsolaterally, but absent from mid-dorsum (only in large males they are also present in mid-dorsum, but in these cases, they are always much smaller and less conspicuous than the dorsolateral ones); (2) small size with maximum recorded SVL 43.5 mm (mean 38.6 ± 3.2 mm standard deviation; range 36.2–43.5 mm in males, 34.1–42.9 mm in females); (3) narrow and flat head (mean HW 7.1 ± 1.1 mm, mean HD 3.7 ± 0.6 mm) with pointy snout; (4) head relatively long to the body size (mean HL 28 ± 1.6% of SVL); (5) tail length being 117–128% of SVL; (6) anterior postmentals in broad medial contact; (7) anterior postmentals in contact with the first and second infralabials, less frequently (and in such cases always unilaterally) with the first infralabial alone; (8) 9–11 supralabials; (9) 7–9 infralabials; (10) 5–6 lamellae under the first toe, and 9–10 lamellae under the fourth toe; (11) four precloacal pores in males; (12) tail with whorls of enlarged tubercles; (13) enlarged subcaudals; (14) in life pinkish to yellow–brown dorsally with dark markings either in the form of isolated dark spots or faint transverse or X-shaped marks. At least some of the granular dorsolateral tubercles are whitish and stand out from the otherwise darker tone of the body. There is a conspicuous narrow dark-brown stripe running from the nostril across the eye and above the ear to the temporal area and on the sides of the neck, sometimes forming a continuous line from the nostril to the forelimb insertion. Tail with broad alternating black and white bands (when original). Body pinkish ventrally. (ŠMÍD et al. 2022) |
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| Etymology | The species epithet refers to the city and governorate of Al Makhwah, in the vicinity of which most specimens were collected. It is a noun in apposition. |
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