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Gehyra aquilonia KRAUS, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
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SynonymGehyra aquilonia KRAUS 2024: 251
Gehyra membranacruralis — FLECKS et al. 2012: 205 [part]
Gehyra membranacruralis —HEINICKE et al. 2011: 592 
DistributionPapua 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 
TypesHolotype. 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). 
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References
  • Flecks M., Schmitz A., Böhme W., Henkel F. W. & Ineich I. 2012. A new species of Gehyra Gray, 1834 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Loyalty Islands and Vanuatu, and phylogenetic relationships in the genus Gehyra in Melanesia. Zoosystema 34 (2): 203-221, http://dx.doi. org/10.5252/z2012n2a1 - get paper here
  • Heinicke, M.P., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, V & Bauer, A.M. 2011. Phylogeny of a trans-wallacean radiation (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gehyra) supports a single early colonization of Australia. Zoologica Scripta, 40, 584–602 - get paper here
  • KRAUS, F. 2024. New species of Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 5512 (2), 240-271 - get paper here
 
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