Gekko wenxianensis ZHOU & WANG, 2008
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | Chinese: 文县壁虎 |
Synonym | Gekko wenxianensis ZHOU & WANG 2008 Gekko (Japonigekko) wenxianensis — WOOD et al. 2019 Gekko (Japonigekko) wenxianensis — WOOD et al. 2020 |
Distribution | China (Qinling Mts in Gansu) Type locality: China, Gansu Province, Wenxian County, Danbao Village on the south slope of the west Qinling Mts, 32°51’N; 104°46’E, elevation 905 m |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NJNU (also as NNU Z) 2006.013, adult male, Nanjing Normal University; collected by J.Y. Zhang, 2 August 2006. Paratypes. NJNU = NNU Z 2006.001–012, Z 2006.014–043), 21 males and 21 females; same data and collector as for holotype. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Gekko wenxianensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners on the basis of the following combination of characters: body size moderate; nostril in contact with rostral; dorsal tubercles oval or conical, extending from occiput and temporal region on to back and tail base, lacking on forelimb and thigh; 42–44 ventral scales across belly; short web between the toes; 6–8 precloacal pores in continuous series in male; tailbase with 2–3 (usually 2) cloacal spurs on each side. From their most morphologically similar con- gers they can be distinguished by: the lack of forelimb and thigh tubercles from G. japonicus; usually 2 cloacal spurs (versus mostly 3 in G. japonicus and G. taibaiensis, and 1 in G. hokouensis); and a continuous series of precloacal pores in males (versus left and right series separated by a single scale in G. taibaiensis). |
Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | The specific epithet is a latinization of the name Wenxian, Gansu Province, China. |
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