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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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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Diaoluoshan Slender Gecko
Chinese: 吊罗山半叶趾虎 (diào luó shān bàn yѐ zhǐ hǔ) 
SynonymHemiphyllodactylus diaoluoshanensis WANG, YU, ZHENG, ZHANG, QI, JIANG, LI, QI, SONG, YANG, HUANG, LI, WANG, WANG, MO, XIE, LI & WANG 2025: 212 
DistributionChina (Hainan)

Type locality: Mt. Diaoluo, Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China (18.7096°N, 109.8410°E; 595 m a.s.l.)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. 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. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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)


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EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Mt. Diaoluo (shan means mountain in Chinese). 
References
  • Wang, H.-T., Yu, F.-B., Zheng, P.-Y., Zhang, H.-Y., Qi, X.-M., Jiang, Z.-X., Li, M.-L., Qi, S., Song, H.-M., Yang, H.-C., Huang, M.-H., Li, G.-Y., Wang, W., Wang, S.-L., Mo, Y.-N., Xie, F., Li, P.-P. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2025. Descriptions of three new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hainan Island, China. Zootaxa, 5633 (2), 201–243 - get paper here
 
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