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Hemiphyllodactylus jianfenglingensis 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: Jianfengling Slender Gecko
Chinese: 尖峰岭半叶趾虎 (jiān fēng lǐng bàn yѐ zhǐ hǔ) 
SynonymHemiphyllodactylus jianfenglingensis WANG, YU, ZHENG, ZHANG, QI, JIANG, LI, QI, SONG, YANG, HUANG, LI, WANG, WANG, MO, XIE, LI & WANG 2025: 221 
DistributionChina (Hainan)

Type locality: Mt. Jianfengling, Ledong Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China (18.7516°N, 108.9540°E; 510 m a.s.l.)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. SYS r002682, adult male, collected on 18 July 2022 by Zhao-Xuan Jiang.
Paratypes. SYS r002932 and SYS r002933, adult females, from Mt. Jianfengling, Ledong Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China (18.6904°N, 108.8618°E; 718 m a.s.l.), collected on 19 January 2025 by Zhong- Bin Yu, and on 27 January 2025 by Hao-Cong Yang, respectively. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus jianfenglingensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: a maximum SVL of 33.8 mm; nine or 10 chin scales; distinctly enlarged postmentals; five circumnasal scales; two or three intersupranasals; nine or 10 supralabials; nine or infralabials; 12–14 longitudinally arranged dorsal scales at midbody contained within one eye diameter and six ventral scales; four subdigital lamellae on the first finger and toe; lamellar formulae (digits II–V) 3-3-3-3 on hands and 3-4-4-4 on feet; 21 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; short, dark, 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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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality., Mt. Jianfengling. 
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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