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Gehyra angusticaudata (TAYLOR, 1963)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Narrowhead Dtella, Narrow-tailed Four-clawed Gecko
G: Schmalschwanz-Vierkrallengecko 
SynonymPeropus angusticaudatus TAYLOR 1963: 775
Gehyra angusticaudata — KLUGE 1993
Gehyra angusticaudata — RÖSLER 2000: 80
Gehyra angusticaudata — PAUWELS et al. 2022 
DistributionSE Thailand

Type locality: Siracha, Chon Buri province southeastern Thailand.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 178203 
Diagnosis 
CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “angustus, -a, -um” = narrow and Latin cauda = tail. 
References
  • MEESOOK, W., DONBUNDIT, N., JINDAMAD, T., TOPAI, N., KUNYA, K., SUTHANTHANGJAI, W., ... & PAUWELS, O. S. 2025. A new limestone-dwelling Four-clawed Gecko from Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae: Gehyra). Zootaxa 5588(2): 381-395 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • PAUWELS, O. S., MEESOOK, W., KUNYA, K., DONBUNDIT, N., & SUMONTHA, M. 2022. A new Four-clawed Gecko from limestone hills in Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae: Gehyra). Zootaxa 5115 (4): 511-531 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Taylor, E.H. 1963. The lizards of Thailand. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 44: 687-1077. - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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