Hemidactylus lemurinus ARNOLD, 1980
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Hemidactylus lemurinus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Dhofar Leaf-toed Gecko, Oman Ghost Leaf-toed Gecko |
| Synonym | Hemidactylus lemurinus ARNOLD 1980: 280 Hemidactylus lemurinus — KLUGE 1993 Hemidactylus lemurinus — RÖSLER 2000: 86 Hemidactylus lemurinus — RÖSLER 2015 |
| Distribution | Oman (Dhofar), Yemen Type locality: Dhofar, Oman |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1977.986, male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized species of Hemidactylus (up to 68 mm from snout to vent) with slender limbs and a relatively slender, evenly tapered, scarcely depressed tail (about as long as head plus body in adults), very fine scaling without enlarged tubercles, two pairs of postmentals, the more median being the larger but not more than 3/4 length of mental, 4-8 preanal pores in both sexes, large adhesive pads on digits with 6-7 lamellae beneath first hind toe, 10-11 beneath third and 11-12 beneath fourth, a row of expanded subcaudal scales extending forwards almost to tail base and pale colouring often involving a weak pattern of rather darker transverse bars. Amongst the Hemidactylus of Arabia and neighbouring areas, superficially most similar to H. flaviviridis but snout shorter and broader, limbs more slender, tail thinner, not strongly flattened and without tubercles or clearly defined verticils, postmentals shorter, preanal pores present instead of femoral ones and distal sections of digits shorter. Other Hemidactylus in the region with more or less homogeneous scaling (e.g. H. laevis, H. rncgalops, some H. homoeolepis populations, H. oxyrhinus) are all small with small digital pads and differ in several other features (Arnold 1980: 280). |
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| Etymology | named after Latin “lemures”, the ghosts or spectres. |
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