Phyllodactylus paralepis MCCRANIE & HEDGES, 2013
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Phyllodactylus paralepis
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| Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Guanaja Leaf-toed Gecko |
| Synonym | Phyllodactylus paralepis MCCRANIE & HEDGES 2013 Phyllodactylus palmeus — DIXON 1968:419 (part) Phyllodactylus insularis — ECHTERNACHT 1968: 151 Phyllodactylus palmeus — WILSON & HAHN 1973: 104 (part) Phyllodactylus palmeus — MCCRANIE et al. 2005: 78 (part) |
| Distribution | Honduras (Islas de la Bahía: Guanaja) Type locality: Savannah Bight, 16.29078°, -85.50300°, Isla de Guanaja, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras, 15 m elevation |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: FMNH 283552 (genetic sample 1, Genbank accession KF245415), an adult male, collected 20 September 2012 by James R. McCranie & Leonardo Valdés Orellana. Paratypes (7). FMNH 283553, adult female from East End, 16.486°, -85.832°, Isla de Guanaja, near sea level, collected 19 September 2012 by James R. McCranie & Leonardo Valdés Orellana; USNM 580288 (genetic sample 2, Genbank accession KF245416), 580289, adult males, 580290, an adult female, East End, Isla de Guanaja, collected 16 November 2011 by James R. McCranie; FMNH 283554, an adult female from Hotel Posada del Sol ruins, Isla de Guanaja, 16.462117°, -85.853867°, near sea level, collected 21 September 2012 by James R. McCranie and Leonardo Valdés Orellana; USNM 565401, an adult female from East Bight, Isla de Guanaja, collected 9 May 2007 by Alexander Gutsche & James R. McCranie; KU 101377, an adult male, Isla de Guanaja, no other data, 30 m, collected on 10 July 1996 by A. C. Echternacht. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Phyllodactylus paralepis has more closely spaced (0–1 granules separating) tubercles (Fig. 3) on the dorsal surfaces than does P. palmeus (1–3 granules separating dorsal tubercles). In addition, P. paralepis has 41–53 tubercles in the paravertebral row from the rear of the head to the tail and 16–17 dorsal tubercle rows across the midbody (versus 35–43 tubercles from head to tail and 11–15 tubercle rows across midbody in P. palmeus). Those two species also differ from each other in amount of sequence divergence (2.9 %; Fig. 1). Phyllodactylus paralepis also differs significantly in sequence divergence (9.8 %) from the remaining species of Phyllodactylus occurring in Honduras (P. tuberculosus). Morphologically, P. paralepis differs from P. tuberculosus, which occurs in southern Honduras, in having 41–53 tubercles in the paravertebral row from the rear of the head to the tail and 29–36 tubercles in the paravertebral row between the levels of the axilla and groin (versus 26–32 tubercles from head to tail and 20–24 tubercles between axilla and groin in P. tuberculosus). Dixon (1960) described P. insularis from Half Moon Cay in Belize about 230 km W of Isla de Guanaja. According to Dixon (1960), P. insularis has a distinct white subocular spot and dark brown dorsal surfaces, and lacks enlarged tubercles on the dorsal surfaces of the thighs (versus white subocular spot absent, pale brown dorsal surfaces, and enlarged tubercles present on thighs in P. paralepis). |
| Comment | Synonymie: after MCCRANIE & HEDGES 2013. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet paralepis is formed from the Greek para (near) and lepis (scale) and refers to the closely spaced tuberculate dorsal scales in this Guanaja Island endemic. |
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