Alsophylax emilia NAZAROV, ABDURAUPOV, SHEPELYA, GRITSINA, MELNIKOV, BUEHLER, LAPIN, POYARKOV & GRISMER, 2023
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Alsophylax emilia
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Alsophylax emilia NAZAROV, ABDURAUPOV, SHEPELYA, GRITSINA, MELNIKOV, BUEHLER, LAPIN, POYARKOV & GRISMER 2023: 16 |
| Distribution | Uzbekistan (Fergana Valley) Type locality: Uzbekistan, Fergana Valley, Kokand region, in the vicinity of Jildalisoy reservoir, N 40.891349, E 70.884367 |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. This is an adult male ZMMU Re-17544 (field ID RAN 4917) collected by Roman Nazarov, Evgeniya Shepelya, and Mariya Gritsina on 17 June 2022 (Figure 9a). Paratypes. The adult male UZZI RE–19079 (field ID RAN 4918) collected in the same place as a holotype and ZMMU Re-17545 (field ID RAN 4924) collected from Uzbekistan, Fergana Valley, Namangan region, vicinity of Yartepa village, N 41.067757, E 71.412176, on 18 June 2022 by Roman Nazarov, Evgeniya Shepelya and Bogatova Polina (Table 4). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Alsophylax emilia sp. nov. is a sister to the clade containing lineages of A. pipiens, A. laevis, and A, ferganensis sp. nov. (Figure 1). Alsophylax emilia sp. nov. is morphologically closest to the A. pipiens (Figure 3; Table 3) and can be distinguished by the following features: enlarged dorsal tubercles flat roundish smooth and larger than surrounding scales by no more than 2.5 times; head shape relatively more massive and sharply delimited from the body; 7–9 precloacal pores in V-shaped line; not elongated limbs; 5–6 wide transversal dorsal bands and narrow interspaces, no contrasting nuchal loop, and wide transverse patterns. The main distinguishing features of the new species are the following: maximum SVL of 35.0 mm; maximum TL 40.2 mm; 8/8 infralabials; 6/7 supralabials; two pairs of small roundish postmentals, which contact mentals; one nasal scale; 22 scales between the orbits; 97–104 longitudinal ventral scales from postmentals to cloaca; 59–65 scales along the midline around the body; 11–12 subdigital lamellae on the fourth finger; 13–14 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe; 2–3 cloacal spurs on each side; medial line of subcaudal scales formed by noticeably enlarged plates, 2–3 times larger the surrounding scales (Table 4). (Nazarov et al. 2023) |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Nazarov et al. 2023: 8 (Fig. 2) |
| Etymology | Named after Uzbek herpetologist Emilia V. Vashetko (24.04.1940 – 07.11.2022) for her great contributions to the study of the herpetofauna of Uzbekistan and surrounding countries. |
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