Hemidactylus minutus VASCONCELOS & CARRANZA, 2014

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
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Synonym	Hemidactylus minutus VASCONCELOS & CARRANZA 2014 Hemidactylus homoeolepis ARNOLD 1977: 103 (part.)
Distribution	NE Oman to extreme E Yemen Type locality: Asylah, Oman, 21.95181N, 59.60820E WGS84
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: BMNH 2013.901 (= NHMUK) (sample code 0S7676), male, collected on the 9th October 2010 by Salvador Carranza and Fèlix Amat (Fig. 5B, D-E, Morphobank M999494- M9999). Paratypes. BMNH (NHMUK) 2013.902 (sample code0S7657), NHMUK 2013.903 (sample code S7673), ONHM 3716 (sample code0S7668) and NMP6V 74885 (sample code0S7664), All paratypes are males, except the latter one (female), and have the same collection data as the holotype (Morphobank M100008-M100011, M100012- M100017, M100000-M100007, M100039-M100043, respectively).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small Hemidactylus characterized by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) maximum recorded snout-vent length, SVL 34.6 mm (mean 29.2 ± 3.4 mm); (2) absence of enlarged tubercles anywhere on the body; (3) expanded subcaudal scales beginning some way from tail base; (4) head narrow and low (4.2–6.7 mm in width and 2.4–3.7 mm in height); (5) relatively short snout (2.0–2.9 mm nostril–eye); (4) 4–6 preanal pores, PAP (mean 5.8 ± 0.5); (6) four or five lamellae under the first posterior toe, LP1st (4.5 ± 0.5); (7) seven to nine, but most usually eight lamellae under the fourth posterior toe, LP4th (mean LP4th 8.0 ± 0.2); (8) weakly contrasted black and white banded pattern on the ventral part of tail. Additional details (3778 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Similar species: Hemidactylus homoeolepis.
Etymology	The species epithet “minutus” is a Latin adjective that refers to the small size of this species, the smallest Hemidactylus in mainland Arabia.
References	Ball, L.D. & Borrell, J.S. 2016. An inventory of herpetofauna from Wadi Sayq, Dhofar, Oman. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8 (12): 9454-9460 - get paper here Carranza S, Xipell M, Tarroso P, Gardner A, Arnold EN, Robinson MD, et al. 2018. Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman (Sauropsida, Squamata). PLoS One 13 (2): e0190389 - get paper here Carranza, Salvador; Johannes Els; Bernat Burriel-Carranza 2021. A field guide to the reptiles of Oman. Madrid : Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 223 pp. [review in HR 53 (3): 531] - get paper here Rösler, Herbert 2015. Bemerkungen über einige Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. Gekkota, Suppl. (2): 3-54 VASCONCELOS, RAQUEL; SALVADOR CARRANZA 2014. Systematics and biogeography of Hemidactylus homoeolepis Blanford, 1881 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from Arabia. Zootaxa 3835 (4): 501–527 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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