Gekko alpinus MA, SHI, SHEN, CHANG & JIANG, 2024
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Gekko alpinus
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Alpine Gecko Chinese: 高山壁虎 (Gāo Shān Bì Hŭ) |
| Synonym | Gekko (Japonigekko) alpinus MA, SHI, SHEN, CHANG & JIANG 2024: 301 |
| Distribution | China (Sichuan) Type locality: 29.615722°N, 99.02285°E; 2542 m a.s.l.), from Zhubalong Village, Batang County, Ganzi Zang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China |
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| Types | Holotype: CIB 121663 (Figs 4, 5), an adult male, collected 26 June 2020 by Sheng-Chao Shi, Cheng Shen, Xian-Guang Guo, and Jian-Ping Jiang. Paratypes. • One adult male: CIB 121661, four adult females: CIB 121658–60, and CIB 121664, and one subadult female: CIB 121662, with the same collection information as the holotype • One adult male: CIB 121665 and one subadult female: CIB QZ088 collected 29 June 2020 (29.731613°N, 99.002355°E; 2494 m a.s.l.), with the same collection locality and collectors’ information • One adult male: CIB 121656 and one subadult female: CIB 121657 (Fig. 6) collected 7 July 2022 (29.758142°N, 99.005975°E; 2400 m a.s.l.), from Zhubalong Village, Mangkang County, Changdu City, Xizang Autonomous Region, China by Cheng Shen, Li-Ming Chang, and Qun-De Zhang. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=11): (1) body size moderate, SVL 56.44–74.16 mm in adults; (2) head relatively narrow, HW/HL 0.51–0.79; (3) midbody scale rows 92–114, 98–114 in males and 92–106 in females; (4) interorbital scales between anterior corners of the eyes 22–28; (5) ventral scale rows 32–39; (6) tubercles present on dorsal body, forelimbs, hindlimbs and tails; (7) precloacal pores 4–7 in males and ab- sent in the females; (8) subdigital lamellae on first finger 8–11, on fourth finger 12–14, on first toe 8–11, on fourth toe 12–15, no webbing between the fingers and toes; (9) ventral scales between mental and cloacal slit 158–189; (10) nares in contact with rostral; (11) postcloacal tubercles one or two; (12) dorsal surface of body with six or seven large dark taupe bands between nape and sacrum. (Ma et al. 2024) |
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