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Aeluroscalabotes felinus (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesAeluroscalabotes felinus felinus (GÜNTHER 1864)
Aeluroscalabotes felinus multituberculatus KOPSTEIN 1927 
Common NamesE: Cat Gecko
G: Fuchsgesicht-Lidgecko 
SynonymPentadactylus felinus GÜNTHER 1864: 117
Pentadactylus borneensis GÜNTHER 1864: 117 (fide BOULENGER 1885)
Pentadactylus dorsalis PETERS 1871 (fide M. A. SMITH 1930)
Aelurosaurus felinus — BOULENGER 1885: 73
Aelurosaurus dorsalis — BOULENGER 1885: 74
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — BOULENGER 1885: 387
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — BOULENGER 1887: 482
Aeluroscalabotes dorsalis — BOULENGER 1887: 482
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — BOULENGER 1912: 39
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — DE ROOIJ 1915: 26
Aeluroscalabotes dorsalis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 27
Aeluroscalabotes longicaudatus ANDERSSON 1923 (fide M. A. SMITH 1930)
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — TAYLOR 1963: 701
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — RÖSLER 1995: 61
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 209
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — COX et al. 1998: 91
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — SEUFER et al. 2005
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — TEYNIÉ et al. 2010
Aeluroscalabotes felinus — GRISMER & QUAH 2019

Aeluroscalabotes felinus multituberculatus KOPSTEIN 1927: 438
Aeluroscalabotes multituberculatus — ISKANDAR & MUMPUNI 2002: 128
Aeluroscalabotes felinus multituberculatus – DE LISLE et al. 2013 
DistributionIndonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Sanana [= Sunana] Islands),
Malaysian Peninsula, Perak, Selangor, Singapore, Sula, S Thailand, Patani, Sarawak, S Vietnam (N. Orlov, cited in Seufer 2005)

Type locality: Singapore
Type locality: “Sarawak” [Borneo] [Pentadactylus dorsalis PETERS 1871]
Type locality: Borneo [Pentadactylus borneensis]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.23.24
Holotype: BMNH 1972.1251 [borneensis]
Holotype: MSNG 9504 [Pentadactylus dorsalis PETERS 1871]
Holotype: ZMUO K2006 [longicaudatus]
Holotype: MZB Lace. 073, 1 ex, male from Sanana, Sula Island, by Tarip, in 1914. Paratype: MZB Lace. 076, 1 ex, male from Kalimantan, by Mohari, in 1912 [multituberculatus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Digits short (fig. 16), clawed, cylindrical at the base, and with transverse lamellae below, compressed in the distal phalanges, which are raised; the claw retractile between three large plates forming a compressed sheath. Body with small juxtaposed flat scales; upper and lower eyelids well developed. Pupil vertical. Males with praeanal pores (de Rooij 1915: 26).


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CommentA prehensile tail and opposable digits suit the arboreal lifestyle of A. felinus.

The original description is available online (see link below).

Type species: Pentadactylus felinus GÜNTHER 1864 is the type species of the genus Aeluroscalabotes BOULENGER 1885 (nomen novum pro Aelurosaurus BOULENGER 1885); Aelurosaurus BOULENGER is preoccupied by Aelurosaurus OWEN 1881, a dinosaur.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin felis = cat, and felinus = cat-like, for the cat-like face of the species. 
References
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