Gekko mizoramensis LALREMSANGA, MUANSANGA, VABEIRYUREILAI & MIRZA, 2023
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Mizoram Parachute Gecko |
Synonym | Gekko mizoramensis LALREMSANGA, MUANSANGA, VABEIRYUREILAI & MIRZA 2023 Ptychozoon lionotum — PAWAR & BISWAS 2001): 101 Ptychozoon lionotum — BHUIYAN et al. 2020: 17161 |
Distribution | India (Mizoram) Type locality: Circuit House (22.53502° N, 92.89177° E; 830 m a.s.l.), Electric veng, Lawngtlai town, Lawngtlai District, southern Mizoram, India |
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Types | Holotype. NCBS NRC-AA-4514 (ex-MZMU-2879), adult female, collected from the partition wall, at around 09:30 h on 2 May 2022 by Laithang Liani. Paratypes. Adult female, BNHS 1445, collected by Sam-raat Pawar on 21 April 1999, same collection locality as the holotype; another adult female (MZMU 2883) from the outside wall of a building at Chawnhu (22.50456° N, 92.89520° E; 1057 m a.s.l.), outskirts of Lawngtlai town, southern Mizoram, India, collected by Ro Tea on 17 May 2022 at around 20:00 h; MZMU 3031, female, from N. Hlimen, Kolasib District, northern Mizoram (24.230092° N, 92.806047° E; 684 m a.s.l.) by Alfred J. C. Ralte on 4 November 2022. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Gekko mizoramensis sp. n. differs from all other members of the genus Gekko (other than the subgenus Ptychozoon) in bearing patagia along the forelimbs, trunk and hind limbs. The new species differs from all members of the subgenus Ptychozoon by exhibiting the following unique combination of characters: maximum SVL 100 mm; supranasals not in contact; 11–13 supralabials of which the 9th or 10th is situated at mid-orbit; 9–10 infralabials; caudal tubercles present; 32 ventral scales; no enlarged femoral scales; 12 enlarged non-pored (at least in females) precloacal scales in a transverse row; 5 rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; 14–17 subdigital lamellae under the fourth toe; enlarged dorsal caudal scales form whorls. (Lalremsanga et al. 2023) Additional details (7575 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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Etymology | The specific epithet refers to the state of Mizoram in which the new species was discovered. |
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