Hemiphyllodactylus diaoluoshanensis WANG, YU, ZHENG, ZHANG, QI, JIANG, LI, QI, SONG, YANG, HUANG, LI, WANG, WANG, MO, XIE, LI & WANG, 2025
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Hemiphyllodactylus diaoluoshanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Diaoluoshan Slender Gecko Chinese: 吊罗山半叶趾虎 (diào luó shān bàn yѐ zhǐ hǔ) |
| Synonym | Hemiphyllodactylus diaoluoshanensis WANG, YU, ZHENG, ZHANG, QI, JIANG, LI, QI, SONG, YANG, HUANG, LI, WANG, WANG, MO, XIE, LI & WANG 2025: 212 |
| Distribution | China (Hainan) Type locality: Mt. Diaoluo, Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China (18.7096°N, 109.8410°E; 595 m a.s.l.) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. SYS r002862, subadult male, collected on 19 Apirl 2024 by Hao-Yu Zhang. Paratypes. SYS r002863, adult female, data same as the holotype; adult female CIB DLS20220629011 collected from Mt. Diaoluo (18.6959°N, 8800°E; 650 m a.s.l.), Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China on 29 June 2022 by Pu-Yang Zheng. Referred specimen. SYS r002787, juvenile, from Mt. Diaoluo, Lingshui County, Hainan Province, China (18.6771°N, 109.8815°E; 510 m a.s.l.) collected on 7 Apirl 2023 by Mao-Liang Li, only used in molecular analysis, not assigned as type. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus diaoluoshanensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: a maximum SVL of 30.4 mm; eight chin scales; distinctly enlarged postmentals; five circumnasal scales; three intersupranasals; nine or 10 supralabials; nine infralabials; 11 or 12 longitudinally arranged dorsal scales at midbody contained within one eye diameter and seven ventral scales; four subdigital lamellae on the first finger and toe; lamellar formulae of digits II–V, 3-3-3-3 on hands and 3-4-4-4 on feet; 15 continuous, pore-bearing, femoroprecloacal scales in the male; one cloacal spur on each side; no plate- like subcaudal scales; a weak dark-colored pre- and postorbital stripe extending to at least base of neck; dark short rod-like paravertebral markings on trunk; no dorsolateral light-colored spots on trunk; no dark-colored ventrolateral stripe on trunk; light-colored postsacral marking variably bearing anteriorly projecting arms absence; and caecum and gonads unpigmented. (Wang et al. 2025) Additional details (6239 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality, Mt. Diaoluo (shan means mountain in Chinese). |
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