Hemiphyllodactylus jinghongensis ZHOU, LI, YUAN, CUI, LIU & RAO, 2024
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Jinghong Slender Gecko Chinese: 景洪半叶趾虎 |
Synonym | Hemiphyllodactylus jinghongensis ZHOU, LI, YUAN, CUI, LIU & RAO 2024: 16 |
Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Mengsong Village, Jinghong, Yunnan, China (N21.492°, E100.510° at an elevation of 1594 m a.s.l.). |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: 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. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: 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) |
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Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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