Nactus erugatus ZUG, 2020
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Nactus erugatus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Milne Bay Smooth-tailed Slender-toed Gecko E: Southern Mountains Slender-toed Gecko [notios] |
| Synonym | Nactus erugatus ZUG 2020: 62 Nactus notios ZUG 2020: 61 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province: SE Owen Stanley Range) Type locality: Duabo, Pini Range, 10°06′S 151°15′E, 300 m, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. notios: Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay mainland: forests of the southern peninsula); Type locality: oil palm plantation, west of Alotau, 10°23.957′S 150°5.497′E, 38 m asl, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. BPBM 15448, adult male, collected by Fred Kraus on 1 May 2002 (Figure 29). Paratypes. Adult females, BPBM 15449, with same collecting data as holotype, and BPBM 15451–452 from Owen Stanley Range, Mount Pekopekowana, Garden Camp, 10°17.104′S, 150°10.930′E, 330 m, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, collected by Fred Kraus and I. Bigilale on 7 May 2002; adult males, BPBM 15443 from Bwaona River, Alotau, 10°30′14′′S, 150°18′50′′E, 90 m, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, collected by Fred Kraus on 7 April 2002, and BPBM 15450 from Mount Pekopekowana, Garden Camp, 10°17.104′S, 150°10.930′E, 330 m, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, collected by Fred Kraus and I. Bigilale on 7 May 2002. Holotype. LSUMZ 123547, adult male, collected by Christopher C. Austin on 10 August 2006 (Figure 28). Paratypes. LSUMZ 123551–553, adult females, LSUMZ 123554–558, adult males, all with the same collecting data as holotype. [notios] |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2506 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Oliver et al. 2024 synonymized notios with erugatus and selected erugatus as the senior name. Distribution: see map in Zug 2020: 53 (Fig. 22). |
| Etymology | The specific name erugatus derives from the Latin erugo, “to take wrinkles from or smooth,” and refers to the smooth or keel-free subcaudals of this taxon. |
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