Hemidactylus karenorum (THEOBALD, 1868)
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Burmese spotted gecko, Burmese Leaf-toed Gecko |
Synonym | Doryura karenorum THEOBALD 1868: 30 Hemidactylus karenorum — BOULENGER 1885: 140 Hemidactylus karenorum — ANNANDALE 1905 Hemidactylus karenorum — DE ROOIJ 1915: 30 Hemidactylus karenorum — SMITH 1935: 102 Hemidactylus karenorum — KLUGE 1993 Hemidactylus karenorum — RÖSLER 2000: 86 Hemidactylus karenorum — NGUYEN et al. 2009 |
Distribution | Myanmar (= Burma), Vietnam Type locality: Karen-choung, near Toungoo, Myanmar (= Burma). |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Types: lost, according to Smith (1935) |
Diagnosis | Description: Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, one and one third or one and two fifths the diameter of the orbit; forehead slightly concave; ear-opening small, roundish. Head granular, the granules enlarged on the snout. Rostral four-sided, not quite twice so broad as high, with median cleft above; nostril bordered by the rostral, the first labial and three nasals. Eleven or twelve upper and seven to nine lower labials; mental large, triangular; two pair of chin-shields, median pair in contact. Body covered with minute granules and numerous small convex round tubercles; a slight lateral fold and another bordering the thighs posteriorly. Ventral scales cycloid, imbricate. Male with six praeanal pores in an angular series? (The female has six enlarged scales in the praeanal region). Tail depressed, flat below, with sharp denticulated lateral edge, covered above with equal small scales, below with a median series of large transversely dilated plates. Limbs moderate; digits free, dilated, inner well developed; infradigital lamellae curved, five under the thumb, nine under the fourth finger, 5 or 6 under the first toe, 10 or 12 under the fourth toe (de Rooij 1915: 30). Coloration: Light grey-brown above, variegated with darker brown. Lower parts whitish (de Rooij 1915: 30). Size: Length of head and body 50 mm.; tail 56 mm (de Rooij 1915: 30). |
Comment | Distribution: The presence of this species outside Myanmar has been questioned (ZUG et al. 2007). Specimens from NE India (Assam, Toungoo) appear to be misidentifications (MAHONY & ZUG 208). |
Etymology | Named after the Karens, a hill tribe in Myanmar (Beolens et al. 2011). |
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