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Lepidodactylus makira KRAUS, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLepidodactylus makira KRAUS 2023: 566 
DistributionSolomon Islands (Makira Island)

Type locality: Na’ra Village, Naepaepa Mt., Central Bauro Highlands, 10.5639°S, 161.9049°E, 775 m a.s.l., Makira Island, Makira Province, Solomon Islands  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. KU 350843 (field tag SLT 1204), mature female, collected by I. Tigulu, 4 July 2018.
Paratype. BMNH 1973.222, mature male, collected 7 mi (11.6 km) S of Wainoni (presumably Wainoni Bay, since I can find no village of that name), Makira Island, Makira Province, Solomon Islands. The BMNH catalogue lists no collector or collection date for this specimen. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: An intermediately sized (adult female SVL 52.5 mm, adult male 45.0 mm) species of Lepidodactylus having 44–45 enlarged pore-bearing precloacal/femoral scales in a continous row extending to distal end of each thigh, 45 precloacal/femoral pores in sole male, enlarged scales of pore-bearing series entirely separated from patch of enlarged pubic scales by intervening row of tiny scales, entirely undivided subterminal lamellae on all toes though two on each toe may be grooved, 17–19 T4 lamellae, 12 T1 lamellae, moderately long toes (T4L/ SVL = 0.10–0.11), lamellae occupying almost all of toes or extending onto palm (T4 lamellaeL/T4L = 0.94–1.04), toes fairly wide (T4W/T4L = 0.32–0.36) with extensive webbing (T3T4webL/T4L = 0.28–0.30, T4T5webL/T4L = 0.22–0.28), two internasals between supranasals along posterior margin of rostral, 8–10 supralabials to center of eye, circumorbital scales dark brown, foot webbing dark brown dorsally and ventrally, dorsum dark brown with darker-brown dorsolateral and lateral blotches, and pale ventral field ~15 scale rows wide. (Kraus 2023)


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Comment 
EtymologyThe species name is a noun in apposition and is named for its island of residence. 
References
  • KRAUS, F. 2023. Redescription of Lepidodactylus flaviocularis (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from Makira Island, Solomon Islands. Zootaxa 5339(6), 562-576 - get paper here
 
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