Lepidodactylus pantai STUBBS, KARIN, ARIFIN, ISKANDAR, ARIDA, REILLY, BLOCH, KUSNADI & MCGUIRE, 2017

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Beach Scaly-toed Gecko
Synonym	Lepidodactylus pantai STUBBS, KARIN, ARIFIN, ISKANDAR, ARIDA, REILLY, BLOCH, KUSNADI & MCGUIRE 2017
Distribution	Indonesia (Maluku) Type locality: beachside rocks at Pasir Panjan Beach, Desa Ohoililir, Kei Kecil, Maluku, Indonesia
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: MZB Lace (Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense.Lace) 14062, Field number ALS 534), an adult male collected by ALS, BRK, and UA a few hours after sunset at 5.646671° S, 132.638312° E (WGS84) on 16 October, 2011. Liver tissue is preserved in duplicate in RNA-Later at Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB.Lace.14062) and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ 273691). Paratypes. A series of ten additional specimens were collected at the same locality and time as the holotype (MVZ tissue number and field number in parenthesis): MZB.Lace.14064 (MVZ 273686; ALS 502), MZB.Lace.14065 (MVZ 273687; ALS 505), MZB.Lace.14066 (MVZ 273688; ALS 530), MZB.Lace.14067 (MVZ 273689; ALS 531), MZB.Lace.14068 (MVZ 273690; ALS 533), MVZ 273692 (ALS 501), MVZ 273693 (ALS 503), MVZ 273694 (ALS 504), MVZ 273695 (ALS 532), MVZ 273696 (ALS 535).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A moderate-sized bisexual species of Lepidodactylus, SVL 36.9–40.5 (mean = 38.3) mm for five adult males and 32.0–40.5 (mean = 37.4) for five adult females, distinguished from other species by the following combination of characters: 113 rows of scales around the midbody; subdigital scansors 10–12 on toe IV, and 7–9 on toe I; terminal scansor is divided on digits II through V on both the fingers and toes; 3 scansors on 4th toe divided or deeply notched; interdigital webbing small, less than 1/5th the 4th toe length; 18–24 pores in precloacal and femoral regions of male. Tail nearly cylindrical without lateral serrations. Additional details (1667 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy: L. pantai may prove to be a synonym of L. woodfordi (Karin et al. 2021), known with certainty only from its holotype.
References	KARIN, B. R., OLIVER, P. M., STUBBS, A. L., ARIFIN, U., ISKANDAR, D. T., ARIDA, E., ... & FISHER, R. N. 2021. Who’s your daddy? On the identity and distribution of the paternal hybrid ancestor of the parthenogenetic gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4999 (1): 87-100 - get paper here STUBBS, ALEXANDER L.; BENJAMIN R. KARIN, UMILAELA ARIFIN, DJOKO T. ISKANDAR, EVY ARIDA, SEAN B. REILLY, LUKE M. BLOCH, AGUS KUSNADI, JIMMY A. MCGUIRE 2017. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Kei Islands, Maluku, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4350 (1): 091-105 - 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 Google images

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