Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus KRAUS & OLIVER, 2020
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Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus KRAUS & OLIVER 2020 Lepidodactylus magnus BROWN & PARKER 1979: 258 (part) Lepidodactylus sp. Bundi — OLIVER et al. 2018: 4 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Madang Province) Type locality: Keki Lodge, 4.7048°S, 145.4042°E (WGS 84), 850 m a.s.l., Adelbert Mts., Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG), |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: BPBM 34737 (field tag FK 13703), mature male, obtained by F. Kraus, collected 30 September 2009. Paratypes (n = 4). Males: Bundi, E slope Mt. Wilhelm, 5.74°S, 145.23°E, 1340 m a.s.l., Madang Province, PNG, collected 23 April 1987 by T. Reardon (AMS R124447, R124492); Lalang, Cromwell Mts., 6.33°S, 147.42°E, 1400 m a.s.l., Morobe Province, PNG, collected 26 July 1964 by H.M. van Deusen (AMNH 95655). Females: Bundi, E slope Mt. Wilhelm, 5.74°S, 145.23°E, 1340 m a.s.l., Madang Province, PNG, collected 23 April 1987 by T. Reardon (AMS R124492); Ebabaang, Hube Area, 6.4931°S, 147.4632°E, 1160 m a.s.l., Morobe Province, PNG, collected 15 April 1955 by E.O. Wilson (MCZ 54246). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large species of Lepidodactylus (adult SVL 52–60 mm); tail subcylindrical; all terminal and subterminal lamellae entire; 38–47 enlarged scales of pore-bearing series divided into a precloacal series separated by 9–12 scales from each femoral series, 30–40 precloacal/femoral pores in males (9–12 precloacal, 8–14 femoral); 11–13 T4 lamellae, 8–10 T1 lamellae; moderately wide toes (T4W/T4L = 0.27–0.30); toes with only basal webbing (T3T4webL/T4L = 0.11–0.17, T4T5webL/T4L = 0.05–0.13); dorsum with scattered dark-brown spots concentrated mid-dorsally; area above tail base and hindlimb insertion with pale tan vertebral line whose posterior end flares laterally; and many posteroventral and plantar scales uniformly brown. Additional details (4469 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The species name is a masculine compound adjective derived from the Latin os sacrum, in reference to the fused vertebral bone between the hindlimbs, and linea, or line. The name is in reference to the distinctive marking this species has in the sacral region. |
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