Hemiphyllodactylus xiengkhoangensis LUU, SITTHIVONG, HOANG, HA, HA, XAYASITH, ZIEGLER, GRISMER, 2025
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Hemiphyllodactylus xiengkhoangensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Xiengkhouang Slender Gecko |
| Synonym | Hemiphyllodactylus xiengkhoangensis LUU, SITTHIVONG, HOANG, HA, HA, XAYASITH, ZIEGLER, GRISMER 2025: 225 |
| Distribution | Laos (Xiengkhouang) Type locality: Phouvieng Village, Khuon District, Xiengkhouang Province, Laos (19°14'39"N 103°35'47"E; 1180 m in elevation). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. Adult male VNUF R.2025.02 (Field no. KNGAN.XK.02) collected on 19 May 2023 at 19:45 hrs by Saly Sitthivong. Paratypes. Adult female VNUF R.2025.03 (Field no. KNGAN.XK.03 and adult male NUOL R.2025.01 (Field no. KNGAN.XK.01) bear the same collection data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Hemiphyllodactylus xiengkhouangensis sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of Hemiphyllodactylus by possessing the unique combination of having a maximum SVL of 41.7 mm; chin scales 8–10; postmentals enlarged; circumnasal scales three or four; intersupranasals (=postrostrals) two or three; supralabials 9–12; infralabials 8–11; dorsal scales 16–20; ventral scales 9–11; subdigital lamellae on the first finger four or five; femoral and precloacal pores 20 or 21, in a continuous row in males and 12 pitted scales in the female; no plate-like subcaudal scales; dorsal surfaces of head, body, and limbs light-brown, heavily mottled with darker markings; top of head overlain with a faint, irregular dark pattern; dark stripe extends from the external nares through the eye to the region just posterior of forelimb insertion on the body; ventral surfaces of the trunk and limbs uniformly pale-yellow with darker lateral areas; ventral surface of original tail orange with ventrolaterally dark pigmentation. Three selective color pattern characters (DorBodPatrn, VenBodPatrn, and VenTalPatrn as mentioned above) are scored across closely related Hemiphyllodactylus species in Tables 3 and 4. (Luu et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 6269 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality of Xiengkhouang Province, Laos |
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