Hemiphyllodactylus mengsongcunensis ZHOU, LI, YUAN, CUI, LIU & RAO, 2024
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Hemiphyllodactylus mengsongcunensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Mengsongcun Slender Gecko Chinese: 勐宋村半叶趾虎 (Měng Sòng cūn Bàn Yè Zhǐ Hǔ) |
| Synonym | Hemiphyllodactylus mengsongcunensis ZHOU, LI, YUAN, CUI, LIU & RAO 2024: 14 Hemiphyllodactylus mengsongcunensis — WANG et al. 2025 |
| 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: K122023576, adult female, collected on 26 August 2023 by Zigi Shen, Chaoying Yuan, Yvxin Fan and Shuangshuang Wu. Paratypes (n=8): one adult male (KIZR00106) collected on May 2012 by Dingqi Rao; three adult males (KIZR2023578, KIZR2023583, KIZR2023606) collected on 26 August 2023 by Ziqi Shen, Chaoying Yuan, Yvxin Fan and Shuangshuang Wu from Mengsong Village, Jinghong; three adult females (KIZR00110, KIZR00125, KIZR00126) collected on May 2012 by Dingqi Rao; four adult female (KIZR2023571, KIZR2023577, KIZR2023589, KIZR2023590) collected on 26 August 2023 by Ziqi Shen, Chaoying Yuan, Yvxin Fan and Shuangshuang Wu from Mengsong Village, Jinghong and one destroyed specimens collected on May 2012 by Dingqi Rao, all from the same locality as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus mengsongcunensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other known congeners by a combination of the following characters: maximum SVL of 45.6 mm; 6-10 chin scales; enlarged postmentals; 5 circumnasal scales; 2-3 internasal scales; 8-11 supralabial scales; 8-11 infralabial scales; dorsal scales 11-15; ventral scales 6-8; a manual lamellar formula of 3(4)-(4-6)-(4-7)-4(5) and a pedal lamellar formula of 4(5)-(1-0)-(4-6)-4(5);26-30 precloacal and temoral pore-bearing scales contiguous in males; 1 or 2 cloacal spurs on each side; dark postorbital stripes; the color of the back of the body is light gray; two lines of dark blotches running from neck to sacrum on dorsal side; ventrolateral stripe on trunk present or absent and a dark postsacral mark bearing anteriorly projecting arms. (Zhou et al. 2024) Additional details (34 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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