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Rhacodactylus willihenkeli KÖHLER, SAMEIT, SEIPP & GEISS, 2024

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymRhacodactylus willihenkeli KÖHLER, SAMEIT, SEIPP & GEISS 2024
Rhacodactylus cf. leachianus (houailou, N) — VENCES et al., 2001 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: about 12.5 airline km NE Bourail (GPS coordinates ca. -21.517°, 165.606°; about 750 m above sea level), central New Caledonia  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. SMF 105137, an adult female, collected September 1987 by Friedrich Wilhelm henkel und Joachim Sameit.
Paratypes. one adult male (SMF 106563) and one adult female (SMF 107305), same collecting data as holotype, still alive at the time of writing (Fig. 6), to be deposited in the collection of Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut Frankfurt, Germany, after they have died. ZFMK 73575 (adult male), same collecting data as holotype. 
Diagnosis 
CommentGenome: Köhler et al. 2024 
References
  • KÖHLER, G., SAMEIT, J., SEIPP, R., & GEISS, K. 2024. A new species of giant gecko of the genus Rhacodactylus from New Caledonia (Squamata, Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Zootaxa, 5538(4), 301-321 - get paper here
  • Vences M, Henkel FW & Seipp,R 2001. Molekulare Untersuchungen zur Phylogenie und Taxonomie der Neukaledonischen Geckos der Gattung Rhacodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 37 (2): 73-82 - get paper here
 
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