Gekko scientiadventura RÖSLER, ZIEGLER, VU, HERRMANN & BÖHME, 2004

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Gekko scientiadventura RÖSLER, ZIEGLER, VU, HERRMANN & BÖHME 2004 Gekko scientiadventura — LUU et al. 2014 Gekko scientiadventura — RÖSLER 2018: 82 Gekko (Japonigekko) scientiadventura — WOOD et al. 2019 Gekko (Japonigekko) scientiadventura — WOOD et al. 2020
Distribution	Vietnam (Quang Binh Province), probably adjacent Laos Type locality: Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZFMK 76198, paratypes in ZFMK and VNUH, ZMB 79566 (formerly ZFMK)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis. The small-bodied species is the only known Vietnamese Gekko without dorsal tubercles. Furthermore, G. scientiadventura is characterized by its slender habitus, a distinctly depressed body in combination with considerably enlarged dorsal scales, and a depressed head that is distinctly broader than neck; unregenerated tail always longer than head-body length, slighty depressed, not constricted at its base and not thickened; lateral fold weak; digits and toes slightly webbed at the base, only interspace between toes 4 and 5 not webbed, all digits and toes, except the inner ones, clawed; 14-17 subdigital lamellae below fourth toe; 5-8 preanal pores, nostril touches rostral, no internasals, and posterior ciliaries spiny; dorsum yellowish to brownish in life, seven large light spots dorsally that may be expanded to lateral narrow wavy bands, and tail with 7-10 light crossbands; gular region as well as parts of venter marbled [from ZIEGLER et al. 2006].
Comment
Etymology	Named after the German TV program “Abenteuer Wissen” (= adventure science), latinized “scientiadventura” where the gecko was shown first.
References	Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. 2008. Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 pp. Heidrich, A. 2007. Abschlussbericht der Diplomarbeit “Etho-Ökologie und Morphologie ausgewählter Echsenarten im Phong Nha - Ke Bang Nationalpark, Vietnam”. Elaphe 15 (4): 53-58 LUU, VINH QUANG; THOMAS CALAME, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE& THOMAS ZIEGLER 2015. Morphological and molecular review of the Gekko diversity of Laos with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 3986 (3): 279–306 - get paper here LUU, VINH QUANG; THOMAS CALAME, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2014. A new species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos. Zootaxa 3895 (1): 073–088 - get paper here LUU, VINH QUANG; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI, THOMAS ZIEGLER 2017. A new karst dwelling species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos. Zootaxa 4263 (1): 179-193 - get paper here Ngo, van Tri & Gamble, T. 2011. Gekko canaensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new gecko from Southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 2890: 53–64 NGO, VAN TRI; PHAM HONG THAI, ANORATH PHIMVOHAN, PATRICK DAVID & ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ 2015. Gekko aaronbaueri, a new gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos. Zootaxa 3914 (2): 144–156 - get paper here Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp. NGUYEN, TRUONG QUANG; YING-YONG WANG, JIAN-HUAN YANG, TANJA LEHMANN, MINH DUC LE, THOMAS ZIEGLER, MICHAEL BONKOWSKI 2013. A new species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the border region between China and Vietnam. Zootaxa 3652 (5): 501–518 - get paper here PANITVONG, NONN; MONTRI SUMONTHA, KANOKORN KONLEK & KIRATI KUNYA 2010. Gekko lauhachindai sp. nov., a new cave-dwelling gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from central Thailand. Zootaxa 2671: 40–52 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2018. Haftbar -- Die einzigartige Welt der Geckos. Begleitheft zur Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Erfurt Mai-Aug 2018, 96 pp. Rösler, H.; Ziegler, T., Vu, N.T.; Herrmann, H.-W. & Böhme, W. 2004. A new lizard of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 53 (1/2): 135-148 - get paper here Thompson, C. & Thompson, T. 2008. First contact in the Greater Mekong - new species discoveries. WWF, 40 pp. - get paper here Werning, H. 2006. Neu beschriebene Reptilien und Amphibien aus Vietnam. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (57): 4-5 - get paper here Wood Jr, Perry L.; Xianguang Guo, Scott L. Travers, Yong-Chao Su, Karen V. Olson, Aaron M. Bauer, L. Lee Grismer, Cameron D. Siler, Robert G. Moyle, Michael J. Andersen, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. bioRxiv 717520 [preprint] - get paper here Wood, P. L., Guo, X., Travers, S. L., Su, Y. C., Olson, K. V., Bauer, A. M., Grismer, L. L., Siler, C. D., Moyle, R. G., Andersen, M. J. and Brown, R. M. 2020. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106731 [corrigendum: MPE 164: 107255] - get paper here YANG, JIAN-HUAN; YING-YONG WANG, TIAN-DU ZHANG, YAN-JUN SUN & SHI-SHI LIN 2012. Genetic and morphological evidence on the species validity of Gekko melli Vogt, 1922, with notes on its diagnosis and range extension (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 3505: 67–74 - get paper here Ziegler, Thomas; Annemarie Ohler; Vu Ngoc Thanh; Le Khac Quyet; Nguyen Xuan Thuan; Dinh Huy Tri & Bui Ngoc Thanh 2006. Review of the amphibian and reptile diversity of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park and adjacent areas, central Truong Son, Vietnam. Herpetologica Bonnensis II: 247-262 - get paper here
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