Gehyra maculicincta KRAUS, 2024
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Gehyra maculicincta
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Gehyra maculicincta KRAUS 2024: 256 Gehyra oceanica — GOLDBERG et al. 2010: 139 [part] |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province) Type locality: Sibonai, Normanby Island, 10.0338° S, 150.9701° E, 5 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. UMMZ 244055 (field tag FK 17096), mature male, F. Kraus, collected 17 March 2015. Paratypes (n=8). Same data as holotype except collected 18 March 2015 (UMMZ 244056–57), and 10.033° S, 150.9771° E, 40 m a.s.l., 25 May 2004 (BPBM 19771); Suau, 10.5936° S, 150.0508° E, 100 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 29 March 2017 (UMMZ 245458); Opea Island, 10.6034° S, 150.0113° E, 1 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 31 March 2017 (UMMZ 245459–62). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A medium-sized (SVL of adult males 58.0–69.5 mm, of adult females 59.5–69 mm) species of Gehyra having entirely undivided subterminal lamellae on all toes; 11–13 T4 lamellae; 8–11 T1 lamellae; relatively little webbing between all toes (T3–T4webL/T4L = 0.13–0.30, T4–T5webL/T4L = 0.04–0.19); short snout (SN/HL = 0.44–0.50, EN/HL = 0.35–0.39); wide head (Hw/HL = 0.80–0.94); 32–45 enlarged precloacal/femoral scales; 37– 45 precloacal/femoral pores in a continuous chevron in males; multiple rows of small, subequal subcaudal scales in original tails; tail depressed, flattened when regenerated, lacking lateral serrations; lateral skin fold absent on trunk (n = 3) or small (n = 6); antecubital and popliteal skin folds absent; elongate postmentals; 3–6 scales in posterior contact with postmentals; three postnasals; all postsupranasal scales small, <<50% size of supranasal; dorsal color pattern of bold dark-brown and pale yellow-tan spots arrayed in alternating bands across the dorsum on a medium- brown ground color. (Kraus 2024) |
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