Gekko subpalmatus (GÜNTHER, 1864)
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Gekko subpalmatus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Webbed-toed Gecko Chinese: 蹼趾壁虎 |
| Synonym | Gecko chinensis GRAY 1842 Gecko subpalmatus GÜNTHER 1864: 104 Gecko subpalmatus — BOULENGER 1885: 189 Gekko subpalmatus — SCHMIDT 1927 Gekko subpalmatus — POPE 1935: 463 Gekko subpalmatus — WERMUTH 1965: 41 Gekko subpalmatus — RÖSLER 2000: 82 Gekko subpalmatus — ZHOU & WANG 2008 Gekko (Japonigekko) subpalmatus — WOOD et al. 2019 Gekko (Japonicgekko) subpalmatus — LYU et al. 2021: 247 (in error) Gekko (Japonigekko) subpalmatus — WOOD et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | S China (incl. Hong Kong, Hainan, westwards through Yunnan, Sichuan, Fujian) Type locality: China (probably Honkong fide SMITH 1935). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.25.92, adult female, BMNH 55.3.27.2 (?); other specimens in SYS |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) medium-sized gecko species, SVL 50.9–65.8 mm in adults; (2) tubercles on dorsal body, limbs and tail absent; (3) eye moderate, ED/HL ratio 0.18–0.22; (4) rostral moderate, elongate transversely, RW/HW ratio 0.18–0.22, RW/RH ratio 2.08–2.30; (5) mental elongate transversely, MW/HW ratio 0.10–0.15, MW/ML ratio 1.00–1.70; (6) nares bordered by rostral, internasals 0–1; (7) interorbital scales between anterior corners of the eyes 28–37; (8) midbody scale rows 129–156; (9) ventral scale rows at midbody 39–46; (10) scales between mental and cloacal slit 144–190; (11) subdigital lamellae on first fingers 9–11, on fourth fingers 11–15, on first toes 9–12, on fourth toes 11–14; (12) fingers and toes with distinct webbing; (13) 5–9 precloacal pores in a continuous row in males; (14) a single postcloacal tubercle on both sides; (14) dorsum greyish white to dark brown, with five regular dark bands between nape and sacrum (Fig. 6A). Hemipenial characteristics (Fig. 3A): (1) hemipenis clavate, bilobed, densely covered with denticulate-seamed calyces; (2) sulcus spermaticus centrifugal, bifurcate at crotch of hemipenis; (3) lateral welt well developed, visible from asulcate side, not in contact with sulcus lip; (4) calyces confined to lobes and distal 2/3 of truncus; (5) tongue-like welt well-developed; (6) apical folds large, comma-shaped, in contact with each other; (7) a small and boomerang-like area on the asulcate side of the lobe center, calyces on this area not well developed (Fig. 3A, Ch. 7) (from Lyu et al. 2021: 247). |
| Comment | Synonymy: has been considered as a synonym of Gecko chinensis GRAY 1842. Distribution: Not in Vietnam fide Luu et al. 2015. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet subpalmatus is a compound adjective of “sub-” (‘under’, ‘beneath’ in Latin) and palmâtus (‘palmated’ in Latin), referring to the fingers and toes basally webbed in this species. |
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