Cyrtodactylus hekouensis ZHANG, LIU, BERNSTEIN, WANG & YUAN, 2021
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Cyrtodactylus hekouensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Hekou bent-toes gecko Chinese: 河口裸趾虎 |
| Synonym | Cyrtodactylus hekouensis ZHANG, LIU, BERNSTEIN, WANG & YUAN 2021 |
| Distribution | China (Daweishan National Nature Reserve, Honghe Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province) Type locality: Daweishan National Nature Reserve, Honghe Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: SWFU002507, adult male, collected by Yinpeng ZHANG, 07/24/2018, from Daweishan National Nature Reserve, Hekou County, Honghe Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Paratypes: SWFU001578, adult male collected by Zhiyong YUAN; SWFU002879, SWFU002880, SWFU002881, all gravid female adults collected by Zhiyong YUAN and Yinpeng ZHANG, 07.24.2018. Collected from Daweishan National Nature Reserve, Honghe Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderate sized Cyrtodactylus, with a slender trunk and bent toes, C. hekouensis is distinguished from other described Cyrtodactylus species by the combined characteristics: maximum SVL 92.3 mm and TL 98.5 mm; 11–12 supralabials; 11–12 infralabials; 36–57 scale rows between the fifth supralabials; 10–13 dorsal tubercles rows; 3 postnasals on blunt and smooth front snout; precloacal-femoral pores in a continuous series of 33–39 (females with pitted scales) located under vent/cloaca and each side of thigh in both sexes; precloacal groove absent; 3/3 postcloacal tubercles; subdigital lamellae under the fourth finger 21 or 22, under the fourth toe 20–23; smooth midbody with smooth venter and tuberculate dorsal scale rows, tubercles from head to tail base; dorsal transverse. (Zhang et al. 2021) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3455 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The species is named after the county of the type locality (“Hekou”= 河口in Chinese). |
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