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Nactus nanus ZUG, 2020

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dwarf North-coast Slender-toed Gecko 
SynonymNactus nanus ZUG 2020: 45 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Madang Province: Siar Plantation)

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Siar Plantation near Alexishafen [−5.1667° 145.7500°].  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. AMS R124053, adult male, collected by S. Donnellan on 19 March 1987 (Figure 17). Paratypes: AMS R124051, adult female with same collecting data as holotype. 
Diagnosis 
CommentThis species is known from only two specimens found amid a large sample of N. allenallisoni.

Distribution: see map in Zug 2020: 47 (Fig. 18). 
EtymologyThis population has the smallest adults on the northern PNG coast. The Latin nanus is a masculine noun for dwarf and is proposed in recognition of this species’ diminutive size. The specific name is a noun in apposition. 
References
  • Zug, George R. 2020. Diversity in Pacific Slender-Toed Geckos, Nactus pelagicus Complex (Reptilia: Squamata), of New Guinea and Adjacent Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (651): x + 92 pages - get paper here
 
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