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Hemiphyllodactylus serpispecus ELIADES, PHIMMACHAK, SIVONGXAY, SILER & STUART, 2019

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymHemiphyllodactylus serpispecus ELIADES, PHIMMACHAK, SIVONGXAY, SILER & STUART 2019
Hemiphyllodactylus serpispecus — STUART et al. in WCS 2024
Hemiphyllodactylus serpispecus — WANG et al. 2025 
DistributionLaos (Houaphanh Province)

Type locality: Tham Ngou Leium Cave, Viengxay District, Houaphanh Province, Laos, 20.40725°N, 104.23068°E, WGS84 (Fig. 1A), 889 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: NUOL 00476 (field number BLS 17278), adult male, collected 19 September 2015 by BLS, SP, Fongfany Lybounyasao, and Phousavanh Inthapanya. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus serpispecus sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by having the following combination of characters: supralabials 11; infralabials nine; precloacofemoral pores 11 in males (females unknown); subdigital lamellae on Fingers II–V 3-4-4-4; total lamellae on hand 15; subdigital lamellae on Toes II–V 3-4-4-5; total lamellae on foot 16; dorsal scales across midbody within one orbital diameter 26; ventral scales across midbody within one orbital diameter 10; cloacal spurs two; chin scales seven; and internasals two.


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References
  • ELIADES, SAMUEL J.; SOMPHOUTHONE PHIMMACHAK, NIANE SIVONGXAY, CAMERON D. SILER, BRYAN L. STUART 2019. Two new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Laos. Zootaxa 4577 (1): 131–147 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. L., SINOVAS, P., QUAH, E. S., THI, S., CHOURN, P., CHHIN, S., ... & MURDOCH, M. L. 2025. A new species of lowland karst-dwelling Slender Gecko Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in western Cambodia. Zootaxa 5569(2): 253-281 - get paper here
  • Luu VQ, Nguyen TH, Do QH, Pham CT, Hoang TT, Nguyen TQ, Le MD, Ziegler T, Grismer JL, Grismer LL 2023. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Ha Giang Province, Vietnam. ZooKeys 1167: 353-382 - get paper here
  • Luu, Vinh Q., Tuoi T. Hoang, Hong B. Ha, Jesse L. Grismer, Matthew Murdoch, Saly Sitthivong, Vilay Phimpasone & L. L. Grismer 2024. Integrative taxonomy reveals two new species of karst-dwelling Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the border region of Laos and Vietnam. Zootaxa 5486 (1): 071–108 - get paper here
  • NGUYEN, TRUONG QUANG; QUYEN HANH DO, HANH THI NGO, ANH VAN PHAM,<br />CUONG THE PHAM, MINH DUC LE, & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2020. Two new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4801 (3): 513–536 - get paper here
  • 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
  • WCS 2024. Wildlife in Lao PDR, 2024 Status Report. Vientiane; Wildlife Conservation Society Lao PDR Program
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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