Gekko petricolus TAYLOR, 1962
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Gekko petricolus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Thai Gecko, Sandstone Gecko G: Gelbrückengecko, Laos-Gecko |
| Synonym | Gekko petricola TAYLOR 1962: 227 Gekko petricolus — TAYLOR 1963: 791 Gekko petricolus — RÖSLER 1995: 121 Gekko petricolus — COX et al. 1998: 83 Gekko petricolus — NGO & GAMBLE 2011 Gekko (Sundagekko) petricolus — WOOD et al. 2019 Gekko (Lomatodactylus) petricolus — WOOD et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Thailand (Ubon Ratchatani, Si Saket), Laos, N Cambodia Type locality: Forestry Station, Sanoi River, Ubon province. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: FMNH 178275 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: None or only merest remnant of a web between digits; inner digits well developed, lacking claws, the subdigital lamellae undivided; body covered with fine subequal granules, intermixed with somewhat enlarged tubercles forming irregular rows, and separated by from two to five granules; postnasal and frontal areas depressed; rostral entering nostril; venter with about 30 rows of larger cycloid scales, somewhat imbricate; subcaudals widened except at base of tail and at tip; each proximal caudal segment with four enlarged tubercles. Tail slender, depressed; nine or ten preanal pores; no femoral pores. Yellow in life with a lavender-gray head; numerous rounded whitish spots evident.” (Taylor 1962: 227) Additional details (4838 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Similar species: Gekko petricolus is closely related to G. badenii. Group: The Gekko petricolus group currently contains 10 species, namely G. boehmei, badenii, canaensis, flavimaritus, grossmanni, lauhachindai, petricolus, russelltraini, takouensis, and G. vietnamensis (Meesook et al. 2021). This group shares a combination of characters including: 82.9–108.5 mm snout–vent length (SVL); nares in contact with rostral; three nasals; postmentals relatively large; 8–18 dorsal tubercle rows; 8–15 precloacal pores; 1–3 postcloacal tubercles; the webbing between fingers and toes absent or weakly developed; lateral fold without tubercles; enlarged subcaudals; head with blotches or short stripes or without pattern; and dorsum with bands or more or less symmetrical blotches (Ngo et al. 2009; Panitvong et al. 2010; Ngo and Gamble 2011; Rösler et al. 2011; Luu et al. 2015, Rujirawan et al. 2019). |
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