Gekko ernstkelleri RÖSLER, SILER, BROWN, DEMEGLIO & GAULKE, 2006

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Gekko ernstkelleri RÖSLER, SILER, BROWN, DEMEGLIO & GAULKE 2006 Gekko ernstkelleri — RÖSLER 2018: 18 Gekko (Archipelagekko) ernstkelleri — WOOD et al. 2019 Gekko (Archipelagekko) ernstkelleri — WOOD et al. 2020
Distribution	Philippines (Panay) Type locality: Panay, Antique Province, community of Pandan, Barangay Santo Rosario, entrance of a chalk cave, Philippines, elevation 80 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: PNM 9080
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: The new species is a medium sized member (total length more than 200 mm) of the genus Gekko, with spiny ciliaries, dorsal tubercles on body, hind limbs, and tail, subcaudals enlarged scute-like, nostril in contact with rostral and first supralabial, postmentals two, tubercle rows across mid- body11-15, ventrals 38-48, preanofemoral pores 36-42, subdigital scansors: first finger 14-18, fourth finger 16-19, first toe 15-17, fourth toe 17-19; numerous whitish spots on head and nuchal region. From all other members of the genus Gekko, G. ernstkelleri can be differentiated by a combination of these characters.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Ernst Keller.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Brown, R.M.; Oliveros, C.; Siler, C.D. & Diesmos, A.C. 2009. Phylogeny of Gekko from the Northern Philippines, and Description of a New Species from Calayan Island. Journal of Herpetology 43 (4): 620–635 - get paper here Brown, Rafe M.; Cameron D. Siler, Carl H. Oliveros, Arvin C. Diesmos, and Angel C. Alcala 2011. A New Gekko from Sibuyan Island, Central Philippines. Herpetologica 67 (4): 460-476. - get paper here Brown, Rafe M.; Carl H. Oliveros, Cameron D. Siler, and Arvin C. Diesmos 2008. A New Gekko from the Babuyan Islands, Northern Philippines. Herpetologica 64 (3): 305-320 - get paper here Gaulke, M. 2010. Höhlenbewohner auf den Philippinen. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (85): 38-45 - get paper here Gaulke, M. 2011. The herpetofauna of Panay Island, Philippines. Edition Chimaira, 390 pp. Linkem, C.W.; Siler, D.D.; Diesmos, A.C.; Sy, E., Brown, R.M. 2010. A new species of Gekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Luzon Island, Philippines. Zootaxa 2396: 37–49 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2018. Haftbar -- Die einzigartige Welt der Geckos. Begleitheft zur Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Erfurt Mai-Aug 2018, 96 pp. Rösler, H. & M. Gaulke 2021. On the biology of Ernstkeller’s cave gecko, Gekko ernstkelleri Rösler, Siler, Brown, Demegillo et Gaulke, 2006 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with emphasis on reproductive biology. In: D. Telnov (ed.): Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Riga, Entomological Society of Latvia, Volume 4: 35-48 Rösler, H.; Siler, C. D.; Brown, R. M.; Demeglio, A. D. & Gaulke, M. 2006. Gekko ernstkelleri sp. n. - a new gekkonid lizard from Panay Island, Philippines. Salamandra 42 (4): 197-211 - get paper here Wood Jr, Perry L.; Xianguang Guo, Scott L. Travers, Yong-Chao Su, Karen V. Olson, Aaron M. Bauer, L. Lee Grismer, Cameron D. Siler, Robert G. Moyle, Michael J. Andersen, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. bioRxiv 717520 [preprint] - get paper here Wood, P. L., Guo, X., Travers, S. L., Su, Y. C., Olson, K. V., Bauer, A. M., Grismer, L. L., Siler, C. D., Moyle, R. G., Andersen, M. J. and Brown, R. M. 2020. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106731 [corrigendum: MPE 164: 107255] - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://nhm.ku.edu/rbrown/Rafes%20PDF%20publications/2006.Roesler.Siler… Google images

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