Hemiphyllodactylus zugi NGUYEN, LEHMANN, LE DUC, DUONG, BONKOWSKI & ZIEGLER, 2013
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Hemiphyllodactylus zugi
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Zug’s Slender Gecko G: Zugs Halbblattfingergecko Vietnamese: Thạch sùng dẹp zug |
| Synonym | Hemiphyllodactylus zugi NGUYEN, LEHMANN, LE DUC, DUONG, BONKOWSKI & ZIEGLER 2013 |
| Distribution | N Vietnam (Cao Bang), probably neighboring China (Guangxi) Type locality: karst forest near Ban Nua Village (22o42.164’N, 106o38.317’E, at an elevation of 450 m a.s.l.), An Lac Commune, Ha Lang District, Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: IEBR A.2013.20 (CB 2012.85), adult male Paratypes. Three adult specimens from karst forest near Ban Coong Village, Duc Quang Commune, Ha Lang District, Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam: ZFMK 94781 (CB 2012.130), male, collected on 2 May 2012 by T. Lehmann, S. Herbst, and H. T. An near the entrance of a cave (22°42.768’N, 106°39.610’E, at an elevation of 601 m a.s.l.); IEBR A.2013.21 (CB 2012.137), male, collected on 3 May 2012 by T. Lehmann, S. Herbst, and H. T. An on a tree beside a forest path (22°42.864’N, 106°39.947’E, at an elevation of 435 m a.s.l.); and ZFMK 94782 (CB 2012.188), female, collected on 22 May 2012 by T. Q. Nguyen, H. T. An, T. Lehmann and S. Herbst on a rock boulder beside a forest path (22°43.202’N, 106°39.389’E, at an elevation of 448 m a.s.l.). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species from northern Vietnam differs from the remaining congeners of the genus Hemiphyllodactylus by a combination of the following characters: a bisexual taxon; average SVL of adult males 41 mm, of adult female 46.6 mm; chin scales bordering mental and first infralabial distinctly enlarged; digital lamellae formulae 3-4-4-4 (forefoot) and 4-5-5-5 (hindfoot); femoral and precloacal pore series continuous, 18–21 in total in males, absent in female; cloacal spur single in males; dorsal trunk pattern of dark brown irregular transverse bands; dark lateral head stripe indistinct; upper zone of flank with a series of large light spots, edged above and below in dark grey; caecum and gonadal ducts unpigmented. |
| Comment | Behavior: nocturnal Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
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