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Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus KRAUS & OLIVER, 2020

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLepidodactylus sacrolineatus KRAUS & OLIVER 2020
Lepidodactylus magnus BROWN & PARKER 1979: 258 (part)
Lepidodactylus sp. Bundi — OLIVER et al. 2018: 4 
DistributionPapua 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 
TypesHolotype: 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). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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.


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  • KRAUS, FRED; PAUL M. OLIVER 2019. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the mountains of northeastern Papua New Guinea: older than the hills. Zootaxa 4718 (4): 549–561 - get paper here
 
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