Gekko nicobarensis DAS & VIJAYAKUMAR, 2009
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Gekko nicobarensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Nicobar gliding gecko |
| Synonym | Ptychozoon nicobarensis DAS & VIJAYAKUMAR 2009 Ptychozoon kuhli — DAS 1997 Ptychozoon nicbarense — GRISMER et al. 2018: 210 (in error) Gekko (Ptychozoon) nicobarensis — WOOD et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | India (Nicobar Islands) Type locality: "Nicobars" (= islands of the Nicobar Archipelago, Bay of Bengal, India) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZSI 2603, adult male, Major A. R. Anderson, Indian Medical Service, date of collection unknown, and collection was made presumably in the late 1800s. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large species of Ptychozoon (reaching SVL 100.3 mm), diagnosable from congeneric species in showing the following combination of characters: dorsum with a tan vertebral stripe, lacking dark transverse bars; supranasals in contact; cutaneous expansions on sides of head; absence of predigital notch in preantebrachial cutaneous expansion; imbricate parachute support scales; four irregular rows of low, rounded enlarged scales on dorsum; 20–29 scales across widest portion of tail terminus; three indistinct chevrons on dorsum; 7–11 pairs of preanal pores; femoral pores absent; tail with an expanded terminal flap and weak lobe fusion at proximal border of tail terminus. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Latin implying an inhabitant of the Nicobar Islands. |
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