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Hemiphyllodactylus laowozhenensis ZHOU, WANG, CUI, ZHANG, SHEN, LI, LIU & RAO, 2025

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Laowo Town Slender Gecko
Chinese: 老窝镇半叶趾虎 (Lǎo Wō Zhèn Bàn Yè Zhǐ Hǔ) 
SynonymHemiphyllodactylus laowozhenensis ZHOU, WANG, CUI, ZHANG, SHEN, LI, LIU & RAO 2025 
DistributionChina (Yunnan)

Type locality: Laowo Town, Lushui City, Yunnan, China (25.865°N, 99.038°E, at an elevation of 1511 m.  
Reproduction 
Typesolotype. • LW2024R006, adult male, collected by Hongxin Zhou, Xiuyan Li, Jiazhong Wang on August 2024.
Paratypes. • LW2024R004, LW2024R005, adult males, collected at the same locality as the holotype on August 2024. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus laowozhenensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners by the com- bination of the following characters: maximum SVL of 38.5 mm; 10 or 11 chin scales; enlarged postmentals; 6 circumnasal scales; 2 or 3 internasal scales; 8 or 9 su- pralabial scales; 8 or 9 infralabial scales; 15 or 16 dorsal scales; 9 ventral scales; a manual lamellar formula of 3-4- 4-4 and a pedal lamellar formula of 3(4)-4-4-4; 26–28 precloacal and femoral pore-bearing scales contiguous in males; 1–3 cloacal spur on each side; a dark postorbit- al stripe extending to at least base of neck; dorsolateral
light–colored spots on trunk present; dark ventrolateral stripe on trunk present; dark dorsal transverse blotches present; and a dark and brown postsacral mark bearing anteriorly projecting arms. (Zhou et al. 2025)


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CommentDistribution: see map with localities in Zhou et al. 2025: 246 (Fig. 1) 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Laowo Town, Lushui City in Yunnan province. 
References
  • Zhou H, Wang X, Cui L, Zhang D, Shen Z, Li X, Liu S, Rao D 2025. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from western Yunnan, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(1): 245-255 - get paper here
 
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