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Gekko kaiyai ZHANG, WU & ZHANG, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dabie Mountains Gecko
Chinese: Dà Bié Shān Bì Hǔ 
SynonymGekko kaiyai ZHANG, WU & ZHANG 2023: 10 
DistributionChina (Henan)

Type locality: Liankang Mountain National Nature Reserve (31.6157° N, 114.8340° E; elevation 275 m a. s. l.), Xin County, Xinyang City, Henan Province, China  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. AHUXXBH007 (Figure 4), adult male, collected by C.W. Zhang, A.F. Wu and L.R. Wang on 14 July 2022. Paratypes (n = 16). (two subadults, four adult females and 10 adult male), collected from the three locations by C.W. Zhang, A.F. Wu, S.L. Yu, X.N. Li, and L.R. Wang. Five specimens AHULXBH001-005 collected on 19 August 2022 from the Dongzhai National Nature Reserve, Luo County, Xinyang City, Henan Province, China. Nine adult and one subadult specimen of AHUXX001-006 and 008-011, respectively, were collected on the same day and in the same location as that of the holotype. One subadult specimen of AHUJGT001 was collected on 19 August 2022, from the Henan Dabie Mountains National Nature Reserve, Shangcheng County, Xinyang City. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Professor Kaiya Zhou of the School of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, China, who has made great contributions to the classification of the Gekkonidae family species, especially Gekko hokouensis. 
References
  • Zhang, C.; Wu, A.; Cai, B.; Wang, L.; Pang, D.; Ma, H.; Yu, L.; Li, X.; Huang, H.; Zeng, L.; et al. 2023. A New Species of the Genus Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Dabie Mountains, China. Animals 13: 3796
 
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