Gehyra chrysopeleia KRAUS, 2024

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
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Common Names
Synonym	Gehyra chrysopeleia KRAUS 2024: 242 Gehyra vorax — BECKON 1992: 451 [part]. Gehyra membranacruralis — FLECKS et al. 2012: 205 [part] Gehyra sp. Sudest, PNG — HEINICKE et al. 2011: 588
Distribution	Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province) Type locality: forest just west of Araeda, Sudest Island, 11.4362° S, 153.4301° E, ~10 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: BPBM 19772 (field tag FK 9751), mature male, given to F. Kraus by local villagers, 21 April 2004. Paratypes (n=2). Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay Province : Joe Landing, [11.416° S, 153.383° E ], 0–100 m a..s.l., Sudest Island, 15 August 1956 (AMNH 76753), west slope Mt. rio, 250–350 m a.s.l., Sudest Island, 23 August 1956 (AMNH 76763).
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Comment
References	Beckon, W.N. 1992. The giant Pacific geckos of the genus Gehyra: morphological variation, distribution, and biogeography. Copeia 1992 (2): 443-460 - get paper here 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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