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. Additional details (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). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. |
| 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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