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Hemiphyllodactylus jinghongensis ZHOU, LI, YUAN, CUI, LIU & RAO, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jinghong Slender Gecko
Chinese: 景洪半叶趾虎 
SynonymHemiphyllodactylus jinghongensis ZHOU, LI, YUAN, CUI, LIU & RAO 2024: 16 
DistributionChina (Yunnan)

Type locality: Mengsong Village, Jinghong, Yunnan, China (N21.492°, E100.510° at an elevation of 1594 m a.s.l.).  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: KIZR2023579, adult male, collected on 26 August 2023 by Ziqi Shen, Chaoy-
ing Yuan, Yvxin Fan and Shuangshuang Wu.
Paratypes (n=4): One adult female (KIZR00124) collected on May 2012 by Dingqi Rao; six
adult female (KIZR2023580, KIZR2023588, KIZR2023601, KIZR2023605, KIZR2023607 and
KIZR2023613) collected on 26 August 2023 by Ziqi Shen, Chaoying Yuan, Yvxin Fan and
Shuangshuang Wu from Mengsong Village, Jinghong; three adult males (KIZR0092,
KIR00103 and KIR00111) collected on May 2012 by Dingqi Rao, all from the same local-
ity as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus jinghongensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other known congeners by a combination of the following characters: maximum SVL of 42.66 mm; 7-10 chin scales; enlarged postmentals; 5 circumnasal scales; 1-4 internasal scales; 8-11 supralabial scales; 8-10 infralabial scales; dorsal scales 12-16; ventral scales 7-9; a manual lamellar formula of 3(4) 4(5)-(1-6)-4(5) and a pedal lamellar formula of 4 4(5)-(1-6)-4(5); 22-24 precloacal and femoral pore-bearing scales contiguous in males; 1 cloacal spur on each side; the color of the back of the body is grayish brown; dark postorbital stripes; dorsolateral light-colored spots on trunk present; two lines of bicolor transverse blotches running from neck to sacrum on dorsal side; ventrolateral stripe on trunk present; a dark postsacral mark bearing anteriorly projecting arms and transverse spots on the back of the tail present, which are dark and light brown in color. (Zhou et al. 2024) 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Zhou H, Li X, Yuan C, Cui L, Liu S, Rao D. 2024. Integrative Taxonomy Revealed High Diversity of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the Description of Three New Species from Yunnan Province, China. Animals 14(20):3030 - get paper here
 
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