Hemiphyllodactylus jianfenglingensis WANG, QI, JIANG, SONG, YANG, YU, LI & WANG, 2025
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Hemiphyllodactylus jianfenglingensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | E: Jianfengling Slender Gecko Chinese: 尖峰岭半叶趾虎 (jiān fēng lǐng bàn yѐ zhǐ hǔ) |
| Synonym | Hemiphyllodactylus jianfenglingensis WANG, QI, JIANG, SONG, YANG, YU, LI & WANG in WANG et al. 2025: 221 |
| Distribution | China (Hainan) Type locality: Mt. Jianfengling, Ledong Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China (18.7516°N, 108.9540°E; 510 m a.s.l.) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. SYS r002682, adult male, collected on 18 July 2022 by Zhao-Xuan Jiang. Paratypes. SYS r002932 and SYS r002933, adult females, from Mt. Jianfengling, Ledong Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China (18.6904°N, 108.8618°E; 718 m a.s.l.), collected on 19 January 2025 by Zhong- Bin Yu, and on 27 January 2025 by Hao-Cong Yang, respectively. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus jianfenglingensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: a maximum SVL of 33.8 mm; nine or 10 chin scales; distinctly enlarged postmentals; five circumnasal scales; two or three intersupranasals; nine or 10 supralabials; nine or infralabials; 12–14 longitudinally arranged dorsal scales at midbody contained within one eye diameter and six ventral scales; four subdigital lamellae on the first finger and toe; lamellar formulae (digits II–V) 3-3-3-3 on hands and 3-4-4-4 on feet; 21 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; short, dark, 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 6416 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality., Mt. Jianfengling. |
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