Gehyra aquilonia KRAUS, 2024
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Gehyra aquilonia
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Gehyra aquilonia KRAUS 2024: 251 Gehyra membranacruralis — FLECKS et al. 2012: 205 [part] Gehyra membranacruralis —HEINICKE et al. 2011: 592 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (East Sepik Province) Type locality: Mindangua Stream, Prince Alexander Mts., 3.6056° S, 143.4921° E, 410 m a.s.l., East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. BPBM 34745 (field tag FK 13301), mature male, given to F. Kraus by local villagers, collected at Mindangua Stream, Prince Alexander Mts., 3.6056° S, 143.4921° E, 410 m a.s.l., East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 15 September 2009. Paratypes (n=7). Papua New Guinea: Madang Province: wanuma, Adelbert Mts, 4.90° S, 145.32° E, ~670 m a.s.l., 23 October 1967 (AMNH 103191), near Sempi, 5.01° S, 145.79° E, 12 July 1969 (AMNH 105032); Morobe Province: Lae (AMNH 95215–16); west Sepik Province: Lumi, Torricelli Mts., 3.48° S, 142.04° E, 550 m a.s.l., July 1966 (AMNH 100088–89), Miliom, 3.2 km E Lumi, Torricelli Mts., 3.48° S, 142.05° E, 460 m a.s.l., 24 July 1966 (AMNH 100090). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A large (SVL of adult males 124–134 mm, of adult females 108–118 mm) species of Gehyra having entirely undivided subterminal lamellae on all toes; 16–22 T4 lamellae; 11–16 T1 lamellae; extensive webbing between all toes (T3–T4webL/T4L = 0.26–0.38, T4–T5webL/T4L = 0.15–0.28); short snout (SN/HL = 0.46–0.52, EN/HL = 0.37–0.43); wide head (Hw/HL = 0.75–0.92); 43–50 enlarged precloacal/femoral scales; 43–47 precloacal/femoral pores in a continuous chevron in males; single row of enlarged subcaudal scales; tail rounded anteriorly, somewhat depressed posteriorly, lacking serrations; lateral, antecubital, and popliteal skin folds well developed; elongate postmentals; 3–6 scales in posterior contact with postmentals; typically four (but sometimes three) postnasals; all postsupranasal scales small, with none >50% size of supranasal; dorsal color pattern varying shades of brown with or without obscure darker-brown blotches; chin and throat white, often with brown markings. (Kraus 2024) |
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