Hemidactylus almakhwah ŠMÍD, UVIZL, SHOBRAK, BUSAIS, SALIM, ALGETHAMI, ALGETHAMI, ALANZI, ALSUBAIE, ROVATSOS, NOV´ÁKOVA, MAZUCH & CARRANZA, 2022
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Hemidactylus almakhwah
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Hemidactylus almakhwah ŠMÍD, UVIZL, SHOBRAK, BUSAIS, SALIM, ALGETHAMI, ALGETHAMI, ALANZI, ALSUBAIE, ROVATSOS, NOV´ÁKOVA, MAZUCH & CARRANZA 2022 Hemidactylus sp. 13 — CARRANZA et al. 2018 Hemidactylus sp. 13 — VASCONCELOS & CARRANZA 2014 |
| Distribution | Saudi Arabia (Makkah Province) Type locality: Saudi Arabia, Makkah Province, dry wadi SW of Al Ju’aydah (19.657°N, 41.567°E, datum WGS84, 548 m above sea level [asl]) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype (Fig. 5). NMP 76093/2 (sample code CN15140), adult male; June 24, 2019; collected by J. Šmíd, S. Carranza, M. Shobrak, S. Busais, A. F. Salim, R. H. M AlGethami, A. R. AlGethami, A. S. K. Alanazi, and S. D. A. Alsubaie. Paratypes (Fig. 6). Adult males (NMP 76093/1, NMP 76093/6, sample codes CN15129, CN15166), adult female (NMP 76093/4, sample code CN15168), subadults (NMP 76093/3, NMP 76093/5, sample codes CN15167, CN15169), same collection data as the holotype. Adult male (NMP 76092/1, sample code CN15719), Saudi Arabia, Makkah Province, Al Ju’aydah (19.657°N, 41.579°E, 482 m asl), March 30, 2019. Adult males (NMP 76091/2, NMP 76091/3, sample codes CN15709, CN15710), adult females (NMP 76091/1, NMP 76091/4, sample codes CN15519, CN15711), Saudi Arabia, Al Bahah Province, Al Makhwah (19.810°N, 41.442°E, 459 m asl), March 30, 2019. All paratypes have the same collectors as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis A species of the Arabian radiation of the genus Hemidactylus (Šmíd et al., 2013a, 2020), a member of the H. saba species group sensu Šmíd et al. (2013b) characterized by the following combination of morphological traits: (1) enlarged, granular tubercles present dorsolaterally, but absent from mid-dorsum (only in large males they are also present in mid-dorsum, but in these cases, they are always much smaller and less conspicuous than the dorsolateral ones); (2) small size with maximum recorded SVL 43.5 mm (mean 38.6 ± 3.2 mm standard deviation; range 36.2–43.5 mm in males, 34.1–42.9 mm in females); (3) narrow and flat head (mean HW 7.1 ± 1.1 mm, mean HD 3.7 ± 0.6 mm) with pointy snout; (4) head relatively long to the body size (mean HL 28 ± 1.6% of SVL); (5) tail length being 117–128% of SVL; (6) anterior postmentals in broad medial contact; (7) anterior postmentals in contact with the first and second infralabials, less frequently (and in such cases always unilaterally) with the first infralabial alone; (8) 9–11 supralabials; (9) 7–9 infralabials; (10) 5–6 lamellae under the first toe, and 9–10 lamellae under the fourth toe; (11) four precloacal pores in males; (12) tail with whorls of enlarged tubercles; (13) enlarged subcaudals; (14) in life pinkish to yellow–brown dorsally with dark markings either in the form of isolated dark spots or faint transverse or X-shaped marks. At least some of the granular dorsolateral tubercles are whitish and stand out from the otherwise darker tone of the body. There is a conspicuous narrow dark-brown stripe running from the nostril across the eye and above the ear to the temporal area and on the sides of the neck, sometimes forming a continuous line from the nostril to the forelimb insertion. Tail with broad alternating black and white bands (when original). Body pinkish ventrally. (ŠMÍD et al. 2022) Additional details (3899 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The species epithet refers to the city and governorate of Al Makhwah, in the vicinity of which most specimens were collected. It is a noun in apposition. |
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