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

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Menglian Slender Gecko
Chinese: 孟连半叶趾虎 (Mèng Lián Bàn Yè Zhı̌ ̌ Hǔ) 
SynonymHemiphyllodactylus menglianensis ZHOU, LI, YUAN, CUI, LIU & RAO 2024: 12
Hemiphyllodactylus menglianensis — WANG et al. 2025 
DistributionChina (Yunnan)

Type locality: Langdao Village, Menglian Dai, Lahu, and Wa Autonomous County, Yunnan, China (N22.449°, E99.728° at an elevation of 1 158 m asl.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: KIZR00144, adult male, collected on 28 July 2012 by Dingqi Rao. Paratypes: Four adult females (KIZR0085, KIZR0086, KIZR0143 and KIZR2022299), three adult male (KIZR0079, KIZR2022300, KIZR2022301) all from the same locality as the holotype.| 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus menglianensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other known congeners by a combination of the following characters: maximum SVL of 41.52 mm; 8-10 chin scales; enlarged postmentals; 4 or 5 circumnasal scales; 2-3 inter- nasal scales; 9-11 supralabial scales; 8-10 intralabial scales; dorsal scales 16-18; ventral scales 7-10; a manual lamellar formula of 4-4(5)-(4-6)-4 and a pedal lamellar formula of 4(5)-5-5(6)-4; 16-20 precloacal and femoral pore-bearing scales contiguous in males; 1 cloacal spur on each side; the color of the back of the body is brown; 2 lines of dark blotches on dorsal side running from the neck to sacrum and merge into one; a dark stripe extending from the snout end through the eyes at least to base of neck; dark dorsal trans- verse blotches and dark postsacral mark bearing anteriorly projecting arms. (Zhou et al., 2024)


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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
  • 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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