You are here » home › search results › Hemiphyllodactylus zhutangxiangensis

Hemiphyllodactylus zhutangxiangensis AGUNG, GRISMER, GRISMER, QUAH, CHORNELIA, LU & HUGHES, 2021

iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Hemiphyllodactylus zhutangxiangensis?

Add your own observation of
Hemiphyllodactylus zhutangxiangensis »

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zhutangxiang slender gecko 
SynonymHemiphyllodactylus zhutangxiangensis AGUNG, GRISMER, GRISMER, QUAH, CHORNELIA, LU & HUGHES 2021
Hemiphyllodactylus zhutangxiangensis — ZHOU et al. 2024 
DistributionChina (Yunnan)

Type locality: forested karst approximately 1 km northwest of Zhutangxiang town, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China (22.72345°N, 99.80087°E; 1499 m in elevation).  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. Adult male (KIZ061157) collected on 21 August 2018 by Ade P. Agung, Ada Chornelia, Jianmei Lu, L. Lee Grismer, Jesse L. Grismer, Evan S.H. Quah, Brian Folt, and Myin Kyaw Thura. Paratypes. Four adult females (KIZ061156, KIZ061158–60) bear the same data as the holotype, two adult males (KIZ061164, KIZ061166) and six adult females (KIZ061161–63, KIZ061165, KIZ061167–68) were collected on 26 June 2019 by Ade P. Agung, Jianmei Lu and Yang Zongbao from karst forest nearby Zhutangxiang town, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China (22.732306°N 99.798167°E; 1492 m in elevation). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus zhutangxiangensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by having the unique combination of a maximum SVL of 44.42 mm; 7–9 chin scales; enlarged postmentals; five circumnasal scales; 2–4 internasal scales; 8–11 supralabial scales; 8–11 infralabial scales; subdigital lamellae on fingers II–V (3–5)-(4–6)-(4 or 5)-(4 or 5); subdigital lamellae on toes II–V (4 or 5)-(4 or 5)-(4–6)-(4 or 5); dorsal scales 11–15; ventral scales 5–7; having pale-grey base color on body with various transverse blotched patterns on the dorsal side; a dark postorbital stripe extending to at least base of neck; no dorsolateral or ventrolateral stripe on trunk; postsacral marking bearing dark fork-like pattern with anteriorly projecting arms (Agung et al. 2021).


Additional details (3166 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet, zhutangxiangensis, refers to the name of the town Zhutangxiang in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China, close to where the specimens were found. 
References
  • AGUNG, A. P., GRISMER, L. L., GRISMER, J. L., QUAH, E. S., CHORNELIA, A., LU, J., & HUGHES, A. C. 2021. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China and its phylogenetic relationship to other congeners. Zootaxa 4980 (1): 1-27 - get paper here
  • Darko, Y.A.; Voss, O. & Uetz, P. 2022. A dictionary of abbreviations used in reptile descriptions. Zootaxa 5219 (5): 421–432 - get paper here
  • Wang K, Lyu ZT, Wang J, Qi S, Che J 2022. Updated Checklist and Zoogeographic Division of the Reptilian Fauna of Yunnan Province, China. Biodiversity Science 30 (4): 21326, 1–31 - get paper here
  • Zhou H, Li S, Shen Z, Liu S, Rao D 2024. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from southwest Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1197: 197–213 - get paper here
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Hemiphyllodactylus&species=zhutangxiangensis

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.



Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator