Hemiphyllodactylus houaphanensis LUU, HOANG, HA, GRISMER, MURDOCH, SITTHIVONG, PHIMPASONE & GRISMER, 2024

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Houaphan Slender gecko
Synonym	Hemiphyllodactylus houaphanensis LUU, HOANG, HA, GRISMER, MURDOCH, SITTHIVONG, PHIMPASONE & GRISMER 2024: 97 Hemiphyllodactylus houaphanensis — STUART et al. in WCS 2024 Hemiphyllodactylus houaphanensis — WANG et al. 2025 Hemiphyllodactylus houaphanensis — LUU et al. 2026
Distribution	Laos (Houaphan) Type locality: Sa Kok Village, Hiem District, Houaphan Province, Laos (20°10'01.3"N 103°10'36.7"E; 644 m in elevation).
Reproduction
Types	Holotype. VNuF r.2020.16, adult male, (Field no. hP 16) collected on 27 March 2020 at 1945 hrs by Vilay Phimpasone, Saly Sitthivong, and Lo Van Oanh. Paratypes. Adult female VNuF r. 2020.17 (Field no. hP 17) and juvenile male NuoL r.2020.20 (Field no. hP 20) bear the same collection data as the holotype.
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Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality in Houaphan Province.
References	GRISMER, L. L., SINOVAS, P., QUAH, E. S., THI, S., CHOURN, P., CHHIN, S., ... & MURDOCH, M. L. 2025. A new species of lowland karst-dwelling Slender Gecko Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in western Cambodia. Zootaxa 5569(2): 253-281 - get paper here Luu, V.Q., Do, H.D., Hoang, T.T. & Ha, H.B. 2026. An integrative taxonomic assessment of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) uncovers a new species from Dien Bien Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa, 5873 (3), 465–494 - get paper here Luu, Vinh Q., Tuoi T. Hoang, Hong B. Ha, Jesse L. Grismer, Matthew Murdoch, Saly Sitthivong, Vilay Phimpasone & L. L. Grismer 2024. Integrative taxonomy reveals two new species of karst-dwelling Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the border region of Laos and Vietnam. Zootaxa 5486 (1): 071–108 - get paper here Wang, H.-T., Yu, F.-B., Zheng, P.-Y., Zhang, H.-Y., Qi, X.-M., Jiang, Z.-X., Li, M.-L., Qi, S., Song, H.-M., Yang, H.-C., Huang, M.-H., Li, G.-Y., Wang, W., Wang, S.-L., Mo, Y.-N., Xie, F., Li, P.-P. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2025. Descriptions of three new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hainan Island, China. Zootaxa 5633 (2), 201–243 - get paper here WCS 2024. Wildlife in Lao PDR, 2024 Status Report. Vientiane; Wildlife Conservation Society Lao PDR Program
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E696DDCA-FEAE-4EC6-9FF4… Google images

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