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Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis (BOULENGER, 1903)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Asian slender gecko, Yunnan Gypsy Gecko, Yunnan Dwarf Gecko
G: Yunnan-Halbblattfingergecko
Chinese: 云南半叶趾虎 
SynonymGehyra yunnanensis BOULENGER 1903: 429
Cainodactylus yunnanensis — BARBOUR 1924
Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis — SMITH 1935: 109
Hemiphyllodactylus typus chapaensis BOURRET 1937: 60
Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis — TAYLOR 1963: 788
Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis — KLUGE 1993
Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis — RÖSLER 2000: 89
Hemiphyllodactylus chapaensis — RÖSLER 2000
Hemiphyllodactylus chapaensis — LAZELL 2002
Hemiphyllodactylus cf. yunnanensis — GRISMER et al. 2008
Hemiphyllodactylus typus chapaensis — BOBROV & SEMENOV 2008
Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis — ZUG 2010: 50
Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis — GRISMER et al. 2013
Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis — SUKPRASERT et al. 2018
Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis — SUNG et al. 2018 
DistributionChina (Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang), Cambodia,
N Myanmar (= Burma), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

Type locality: Yunnan-fu (= Kumning, Yunnan Province, China)

invalid subspecies (now synonyms):

chapaensis: N Vietnam (Chapa, Tongking). type locality: “Chapa” (Sa Pá [also Lao Cai], Vietnam);

longlingensis [type locality: Longling Junior High School in Longling County, Yunnan Province (elevation 1530 m) (China) (original in Chinese)].

jinpingensis [type locality: Jinpling Junior High School in Jinping County, Yunnan Province (elevation 1260 m) (China) (original in Chinese)].

dushanensis [type locality: Dushan Junior High School in Dushan County, Guizhou Province (elevation 970 m) (China) (original in Chinese)].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1904.1.26.1
Holotype: MNHN 1948.43 [chapaensis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2124 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: after ZUG 2010. GRISMER et al. 2013 elevated longlingensis (5 specimens), jinpingensis (4 specimens), and dushanensis (2 specimens) to full species status based on DNA sequence data but without any morphological diagnoses. Sung et al. 2018: 369 (Table 5) provide a character table for these 4 species but the characters are largely overlapping.

Distribution: see Figure 2 in GRISMER et al. 2013 for a map of this and other Hemiphyllodactylus species.

Behavior: nocturnal 
EtymologyThe name yunnanensis identifies this species as the gecko from Yunnan, the type locality of Boulenger’s new species. 
References
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