Pseudogekko hungkag BROWN, MENESES, WOOD, FERNANDEZ, CUESTA, CLORES, TRACY, BUEHLER & SILER, 2020
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Pseudogekko hungkag
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bicol Hollow-dwelling Forest Gecko |
| Synonym | Pseudogekko hungkag BROWN, MENESES, WOOD, FERNANDEZ, CUESTA, CLORES, TRACY, BUEHLER & SILER 2020 |
| Distribution | Philippines (Luzon) Type locality: regenerating secondary forest, near the peak of Mt. Jormahan, Barangay Cogon, Municipality of Irosin, Sorsogon Province, Luzon Island, Philippines (12.761168N, 124.003568E; in all cases, datum 1⁄4 WGS84; elevation 643 m above sea level [a.s.l.]) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. PNM 9864 (RMB Field No. 24085, formerly KU 346540), adult female, collected between 2200 and 2300 h on 5 August 2017, by CGM and E. Bondal. Paratypes.—KU 346539, 346542 (RMB 24082, 24090), two adult females, PNM 9865 (RMB 24081, formerly KU 346538), KU 346541 (RMB 24087; Fig. 4), two adult males, collected with the holotype, between 2200 and 2300 h, within 500 m of the site of holotype collection, but at slightly lower elevations (500–640 m a.s.l.). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Pseudogekko hungkag is diagnosed from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) body moderate, robust (all measurements in millimeters; males 1⁄4 SVL 42.0–45.5; females 1⁄4 42.0–52.1); (2) axilla– groin distance relatively short (males 1⁄4 21.7–24.4; females 1⁄4 24.7–27.3); (3) head (males 1⁄4 11.3–12.1; females 1⁄4 11.8– 13.8) and snout (males 1⁄4 4.6–5.2; females 1⁄4 4.9–5.7) short; (4) Finger-III scansors 11–13; (5) Toe-IV scansors 13–15; (6) supralabials 11–14; (7) infralabials 11–14; (8) circumorbitals 34–40; (9) paravertebrals 222–236; (10) ventrals 85–94; (11) enlarged precloacal pore-bearing scale series 13–14; (12) femorals undifferentiated; (13) postcloacals enlarged, in three prominent rows; (14) mental and postmentals small, undifferentiated (the latter juxtaposed); (15) transverse tail bands absent (adults, Sorsogon), or present (juvenile, Caramoan); (16) light, inverted Y-shaped caudal chevrons present for full length of tail (n 1⁄4 8–10 in adults from Sorsogon; Fig. 4A,B), or limited to tail base (n 1⁄4 3 for the juvenile from Caramoan; Fig. 4C); (17) iris bright silver to gold, ring absent (Fig. 4A); (18) superciliaries not brightly colored. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after the Tagalog (Filipino) adjective hungkag, meaning ‘‘hollow’’ or ‘‘empty,’’ and used in reference to the new species’ use of a unique microhabitat type: hollow cavities and crevices (hollow bamboo trunks/stems, cavities in tree branches, and other tube-shaped, or sheltered microhabitats). |
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