Gekko boehmei LUU, CALAME, NGUYEN, LE & ZIEGLER, 2015
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Gekko boehmei
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | English: Boehme’s Gecko Laotian: Kap Ke Boehme German: Böhmes Gecko |
| Synonym | Gekko boehmei LUU, CALAME, NGUYEN, LE & ZIEGLER 2015 Gekko (Sundagekko) boehmei — WOOD et al. 2019 Gekko (Lomatodactylus) boehmei — WOOD et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | C Laos (Khammouane) Type locality: karst forest of Bualapha Town (17°18.312’N, 105°43.726’E, at an elevation of 196 m a.s.l.), Khammouane Province, central Laos |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: VNUF (originally as VFU) R.2014.09, adult male, collected by Vinh Quang Luu and Kieusomphone Thanabuaosy on 19 June 2014. Paratypes. Two adult males ZFMK 97195 and IEBR A.2015.31, one adult female ZMB 82028, and one subadult female NUOL R-2015.2, the same data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Gekko boehmei sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners in the Gekko petricolus group by a combination of the following characters: a medium-sized gecko species (maximum SVL 105.3 mm); supralabials 10–15; infralabials 8–11; dorsal tubercle rows 12–15; ventral scale rows from mental to cloacal slit 141–152; scale rows at midbody 101–114; ventral scales 30–34; webbing weakly developed between fingers and toes; dorsal surface of hindlimbs and tail with enlarged tubercles; precloacal pores 10 or 11 in males, absent in females; postcloacal tubercles 1or 2; subcaudals enlarged; vertebral part with a row of oval grey and dark dots from nape to sacrum, vertical yellow blotches on flank. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Group: G. petricolus group (Meesook et al. 2021). |
| Etymology | The specific epithet honors Professor Dr. Wolfgang Böhme from the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany to acknowledge his great contributions to herpetological research. In particular the authors dedicate the new species to Wolfgang on the occasion of his 70th birthday. |
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