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Gekko paucituberculatus WANG, QI, ZHOU & WANG, 2024

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymGekko paucituberculatus WANG, QI, ZHOU & WANG 2024: 125 
DistributionChina (Guangxi)

Type locality: Tianyang District (23°42′55′′N, 106°59′14′′E; 120 m a.s.l.), Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. SYS r002806 (Figs 3A and 4), adult male, collected on 3 August 2023 by Dan-Yang Zhou.
Paratype. SYS r002807 (Figs 3B and 5), adult female, data identical to the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Gekko paucituberculatus sp. nov. is distinguished from all congeners in the subgenus G. (Japonigekko) by a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) moderate body size, SVL 77.2 mm in the adult male and SVL 85.9 mm in the adult female; (2) nares in contact with rostral, internasal absent; (3) two enlarged postmentals; (4) tubercles flattened, only present along dorsolateral trunk and absent on other regions; (5) ventral scales between mental and cloacal slit 189–192; (6) mid-body scale rows 136–140; (7) ventral scale rows 42– 44; (8) subdigital lamellae on first fingers 10–11, on fourth fingers 12–13, on first toes 11, on fourth toes 11–13 and fingers and toes webbing weakly developed; (9) continuous precloacal pores 12 in the male, absent in the female; (10) a single postcloacal tubercle on each side; (11) a light-coloured vertebral line from nape to tip of tail; (12) dorsum greyish-brown, with 7–8 dirty-white bands between nape and sacrum. (Wang et al. 2024)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin pauci- = poor, few, referring to its tubercles being fewer than in other congeners. 
References
  • Wang H-T, Qi S, Zhou D-Y, Wang Y-Y 2024. Description of a new karst-adapted species of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Gekko) from Guangxi, southern China. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 121-132 - get paper here
 
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