Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis SUNG, LEE, NG, ZHANG & YANG, 2018

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Hong Kong Slender Gecko Chinese: 香港半叶趾虎
Synonym	Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis SUNG, LEE, NG, ZHANG & YANG 2018
Distribution	China (Hong Kong) Type locality: Aberdeen Country Park, Hong Kong (22°15.51' N , 114°9.69' E; 120 m elevation)
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: SYS r001735 (Museum of Biology, Sun Yat-sen University), adult male collected by Wing-Ho Lee and Ho-Nam Ng on 20 April 2017 in Aberdeen Country Park, Hong Kong (22°15.51' N , 114°9.69' E; 120 m a.s.l.; Fig. 4) Paratypes. SYS r001728, SYS r001729 and SYS r001730, three adult female specimens were collected by Yik-Hei Sung, Wing-Ho Lee and Ho-Nam Ng on 7 June 2016 and 14 October 2016 in Aberdeen Country Park, Hong Kong (22°15.51' N, 114°9.69' E; 120 m a.s.l.). SYS r001732, SYS r001733 and SYS r001734, two adult females and one adult male, were collected by Yik-Hei Sung, Wing-Ho Lee and Ho-Nam Ng on 20 April 2017 in Aberdeen Country Park, Hong Kong (22°15.51' N, 114°9.69' E; 120 m a.s.l.). SYS r001731, one adult female, was collected by Yik-Hei Sung, Wing-Ho Lee and Ho-Nam Ng on 8 April 2017 on Po Toi Island, Hong Kong (22°9.83' N, 114°15.33' E; 50 m a.s.l.).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of Hemiphyllodactylus by having the unique combination of 5–6 chin scales; a manual lamellar formula of 3–3(4)–4– 4; a pedal lamellar formula of 3(4)–4(5)–4(5)–4; 24–25 continuous femoral and precloacal pores; 12–15 dorsal scales contained in diameter of eye; and 9–10 ventral scales contained in diameter of eye. (Sung et al. 2018)
Comment
Etymology	The specific epithet “hongkongensis’ is in reference to the type locality, Hong Kong SAR, China.
References	Li, X. Y., Lin, S. S., Zeng, Z. C., Sun, Y. J., & Wang, J. 2023. Expanded description of Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Herpetozoa, 36, 225-232 - 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 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 SUNG, YIK-HEI; WING-HO LEE, HO-NAM NG, YANJIE ZHANG, JIAN-HUAN YANG 2018. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hong Kong. Zootaxa 4392 (2): 361–373 - get paper here Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ED859256-6135-4501-94EE… Google images

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