Nactus acutus KRAUS, 2005
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Nactus acutus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Nactus acutus KRAUS 2005 Nactus acutus — PAPENFUSS et al. 2010 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Louisiade Islands, Woodlark Island) Type locality: on ridge on S side of Mt. Rossel, Rossel Island, 11.35552° S, 154.22459° E, 720 m elevation, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BPBM 20755 (field tag FK 10213), non-reproductive male, collected by F. Kraus . |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium (36.6 mm) species of Nactus lacking dorsal tubercles and enlarged postnasals; and having granular, largely tricarinate dorsal and ventral scales; lamellate, unexpanded subdigital lamellae; 16 lamellae under the 4th toe; claws lying within four scales; granular postmentals; elongate first infralabials; a single row of scales between the orbit and supralabials; 5 supralabials to center of eye and 7 to rictus; 7 infralabials; keeled scales on the tail; elongate, slit-like ear opening; relatively narrow head (HW/HL = 0.64); long, narrow snout (EN/SV = 0.087, IN/SV = 0.033, EN/IN = 2.7); small eye (EE/SV = 0.055) and interorbital distance (ID/SV =0.063); relatively narrow tail (TW/TL = 0.10); four sternal/xiphisternal ribs; and uniformly dark gray dorsal color. 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 1419 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | The name is a masculine Latin adjective meaning “sharp” and is in reference to the long, pointed snout of the species. |
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