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Hemiphyllodactylus cattien YUSHCHENKO, GRISMER, BRAGIN, DAC & POYARKOV, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cat tien Slender Gecko
Vietnamese: Thạch sùng dẹp Cát Tiên 
SynonymHemiphyllodactylus cattien YUSHCHENKO, GRISMER, BRAGIN, DAC & POYARKOV 2023 
DistributionS Vietnam (Dong Nai: Cat tien National Park)

Type locality: trail to lake Bau Sau, Nam Cat tien sector, Cat tien National Park, Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam (GPS data 11.4458° N, 107.3864° E WGS; 140 m a.s.l.)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. VRTC NAP-10586; Adult female, formerly ZMMU Re-17039) collected on 14 February 2021 at 18:00 h by P.V. Yushchenko and N.A. Poyarkov. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. Hemiphyllodactylus cattien sp. nov. can putatively be distinguished from all other congeners by possessing the unique combination of having a maximum SVl of 35.1 mm; trunk slightly elongate and gracile (AG/ SVl 0.52); seven chin scales; enlarged postmentals; five circumnasal scales; three intersupranasals (= postrostrals); nine supralabials; nine infralabials; 20 longitudinal rows of dorsal scales and 11 longitudinal rows of ventral scales at midbody contained within one eye diameter; 4444 digital formulas on hands and 5555 formulas on feet; five subdigital lamellae on the first finger; six subdigital lamellae on the first toe; 19 perforated precloacal scales that extend part-way onto the proximal femoral region; one cloacal spur on each side; no platelike subcaudal scales; a weak dark-colored postorbital stripe extending to at base of neck; no dorsolateral light-colored spots or dark-clored dorsolateral stripe on trunk; no dark-colored ventrolateral stripe on trunk; no dark-clored paravertebral markings on trunk; no light-colored postsacral marking bearing anteriorly projecting arms; and caecum and gonads darkly pigmented. (Yushchenko et al. 2023)


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Comment 
EtymologyThe species name is given in reference to its type locality, the Cat tien National Park in Dong Nai Province of southern Vietnam. The name of the new species is a noun in apposition and is therefore invariable. 
References
  • Luu, Vinh Q., Tuoi T. Hoang, Hong B. Ha, Jesse L. Grismer, Matthew Murdoch, Saly Sitthivong, Vilay Phimpasone & L. L. Grismer 2024. Integrative taxonomy reveals two new species of karst-dwelling Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the border region of Laos and Vietnam. Zootaxa 5486 (1): 071–108 - get paper here
 
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