Gehyra aquilonia KRAUS, 2024
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Gehyra aquilonia
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Gehyra aquilonia KRAUS 2024: 251 Gehyra membranacruralis — FLECKS et al. 2012: 205 [part] Gehyra membranacruralis —HEINICKE et al. 2011: 592 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (East Sepik Province) Type locality: Mindangua Stream, Prince Alexander Mts., 3.6056° S, 143.4921° E, 410 m a.s.l., East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. BPBM 34745 (field tag FK 13301), mature male, given to F. Kraus by local villagers, collected at Mindangua Stream, Prince Alexander Mts., 3.6056° S, 143.4921° E, 410 m a.s.l., East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 15 September 2009. Paratypes (n=7). Papua New Guinea: Madang Province: wanuma, Adelbert Mts, 4.90° S, 145.32° E, ~670 m a.s.l., 23 October 1967 (AMNH 103191), near Sempi, 5.01° S, 145.79° E, 12 July 1969 (AMNH 105032); Morobe Province: Lae (AMNH 95215–16); west Sepik Province: Lumi, Torricelli Mts., 3.48° S, 142.04° E, 550 m a.s.l., July 1966 (AMNH 100088–89), Miliom, 3.2 km E Lumi, Torricelli Mts., 3.48° S, 142.05° E, 460 m a.s.l., 24 July 1966 (AMNH 100090). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A large (SVL of adult males 124–134 mm, of adult females 108–118 mm) species of Gehyra having entirely undivided subterminal lamellae on all toes; 16–22 T4 lamellae; 11–16 T1 lamellae; extensive webbing between all toes (T3–T4webL/T4L = 0.26–0.38, T4–T5webL/T4L = 0.15–0.28); short snout (SN/HL = 0.46–0.52, EN/HL = 0.37–0.43); wide head (Hw/HL = 0.75–0.92); 43–50 enlarged precloacal/femoral scales; 43–47 precloacal/femoral pores in a continuous chevron in males; single row of enlarged subcaudal scales; tail rounded anteriorly, somewhat depressed posteriorly, lacking serrations; lateral, antecubital, and popliteal skin folds well developed; elongate postmentals; 3–6 scales in posterior contact with postmentals; typically four (but sometimes three) postnasals; all postsupranasal scales small, with none >50% size of supranasal; dorsal color pattern varying shades of brown with or without obscure darker-brown blotches; chin and throat white, often with brown markings. (Kraus 2024) |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The species name is the feminine Latin adjective meaning “northern” in recognition of the distribution of this species across the foothills of the northern coastal mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea. |
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