Lepidodactylus babuyanensis ELIADES, BROWN, HUANG & SILER, 2021
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Lepidodactylus babuyanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Babuyan Scaly-toed Gecko |
| Synonym | Lepidodactylus babuyanensis ELIADES, BROWN, HUANG & SILER 2021: 104 |
| Distribution | Philippines (Calayan Island) Type locality: at 72 m in Barangay Magsidel, Municipality of Calayan, Cagayan Province, Calayan Island, Philippines (19.274828, 121.447018). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. PNM 9877 (formerly OMNH 46971; CDS Field No. 9198), adult male, collected 27 May 2018 by CDS, K. Wang, J. Brown, E.D. Ellsworth, and S.N. Smith. Paratypes (paratopotypes).—OMNH 46977, 46978, 46979, 46982, 46989 adult males, OMNH 46980, 46981, 46983 46993, 47001 adult females collected 26 May 2018; OMNH 46970, adult male, OMNH 46972, 46973 adult females collected 27 May 2018; OMNH 47002 juvenile, OMNH 46974 subadult female, OMNH 46985 adult male, OMNH 46975, OMNH 46976, 46984, 46986, 46987, 46988, adult females collected 28 May 2018; OMNH 46992 adult male, OMNH 46990, 46991 adult females collected 29 May 2018; OMNH 47004 adult female collected 31 May 2018; OMNH 47005 adult female collected 31 May 2018; OMNH 47006 adult female collected 1 June 2018; OMNH 47007 subadult male collected 1 June 2018; OMNH 46994 subadult male, OMNH 47003 adult female collected 2 June 2018; OMNH 46996 subadult female, OMNH 46997, 46998, 46999, 47000, adult males, OMNH 46995 adult female collected 3 June 2018 by CDS, K. Wang, J. Brown, E.D. Ellsworth, and S.N. Smith. Other paratypes: KU. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Lepidodactylus babuyanensis can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) body size small (SVL 31.9–39.3 mm); (2) snout–forearm length short, 31.0–39.8% SVL; (3) total arm length short, 18.7–23.3% SVL; (4) total leg length short, 23.4–31.4% SVL; (5) head length short, 24.7–31.9% SVL; (6) Finger III divided scansors 3; (7) precloacofemoral pores in males 18–23; and (8) rostral scale not in contact with the nostril. (ELIADES et al. 2021) |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Eliades et al. 2022: 96 (Fig. 2) and 107 (Fig. 8). |
| Etymology | Named after the biogeographically unique Babuyan Island Group of the northern Philippines, located in the Luzon Strait. The small archipelago is composed of five major islands (Babuyan Claro, Calayan, Camiguin Norte, Dalupiri, and Fuga), as well as associated small islets (Fig. 8). The Babuyan Island Group is surrounded by deep-ocean channels and believed to have never been in historical contact with surrounding paleoisland landmasses. As such, the island group is home to a number of endemic vertebrate species. |
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