Hemiphyllodactylus diaoluoshanensis WANG, QI, ZHANG, ZHENG, LI, SONG, XIE, LI & WANG, 2025
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Hemiphyllodactylus diaoluoshanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Diaoluoshan Slender Gecko Chinese: 吊罗山半叶趾虎 (diào luó shān bàn yѐ zhǐ hǔ) |
| Synonym | Hemiphyllodactylus diaoluoshanensis WANG, QI, ZHANG, ZHENG, LI, SONG, XIE, LI & WANG in WANG et al. 2025: 212 |
| Distribution | China (Hainan) Type locality: Mt. Diaoluo, Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China (18.7096°N, 109.8410°E; 595 m a.s.l.) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. SYS r002862, subadult male, collected on 19 Apirl 2024 by Hao-Yu Zhang. Paratypes. SYS r002863, adult female, data same as the holotype; adult female CIB DLS20220629011 collected from Mt. Diaoluo (18.6959°N, 8800°E; 650 m a.s.l.), Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China on 29 June 2022 by Pu-Yang Zheng. Referred specimen. SYS r002787, juvenile, from Mt. Diaoluo, Lingshui County, Hainan Province, China (18.6771°N, 109.8815°E; 510 m a.s.l.) collected on 7 Apirl 2023 by Mao-Liang Li, only used in molecular analysis, not assigned as type. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus diaoluoshanensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: a maximum SVL of 30.4 mm; eight chin scales; distinctly enlarged postmentals; five circumnasal scales; three intersupranasals; nine or 10 supralabials; nine infralabials; 11 or 12 longitudinally arranged dorsal scales at midbody contained within one eye diameter and seven ventral scales; four subdigital lamellae on the first finger and toe; lamellar formulae of digits II–V, 3-3-3-3 on hands and 3-4-4-4 on feet; 15 continuous, pore-bearing, femoroprecloacal scales in the male; one cloacal spur on each side; no plate- like subcaudal scales; a weak dark-colored pre- and postorbital stripe extending to at least base of neck; dark short rod-like paravertebral markings on trunk; no dorsolateral light-colored spots on trunk; no dark-colored ventrolateral stripe on trunk; light-colored postsacral marking variably bearing anteriorly projecting arms absence; and caecum and gonads unpigmented. (Wang et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 6239 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality, Mt. Diaoluo (shan means mountain in Chinese). |
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