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Hemiphyllodactylus lingshuiensis 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: Lingshui Slender Gecko
Chinese: 陵水半叶趾虎 (líng shǔi bàn yѐ zhǐ hǔ) 
SynonymHemiphyllodactylus lingshuiensis WANG, YU, ZHENG, ZHANG, QI, JIANG, LI, QI, SONG, YANG, HUANG, LI, WANG, WANG, MO, XIE, LI & WANG 2025: 227 
DistributionChina (Hainan)

Type locality: Mt. Diaoluo, Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China (18.7156°N, 109.8828°E; 515 m a.s.l.)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. SYS r002845, adult male, collected on 13 February 2024 by Feng-Bin Yu. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus lingshuiensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: a maximum SVL of 35.4 mm; six chin scales; enlarged postmentals; five circumnasal scales; two intersupranasals; eight or nine supralabials; nine or 10 infralabials; 18 longitudinally arranged dorsal scales at midbody contained within one eye diameter and 11 ventral scales; five or six subdigital lamellae on the first finger and five on the first toe; lamellar formulae (digits II–V) 4-5-5-5 on hands and 5-5-6-5 on feet; 23 continuous, pore-bearing, femoroprecloacal scales in the male; one cloacal spur on each side; no plate-like subcaudal scales; no dark-colored pre- and postorbital stripe extending to at least base of neck; dark reticulate pattern on dorsum; dorsolateral light-colored spots on trunk; no dark-colored ventrolateral stripe on trunk; light-colored postsacral marking variably bearing anteriorly projecting arms; and caecum and gonads unpigmented. (Wang et al. 2025)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality in Lingshui Li Autonomous County. 
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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