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Lepidodactylus laticinctus KRAUS, VAHTERA & WEIJOLA, 2023

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLepidodactylus laticinctus KRAUS, VAHTERA & WEIJOLA 2023: 530 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Umboi Island)

Type locality: Lablab, 5.7207°S, 148.0668°E, sea level, Umboi Island, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. UMMZ 249264 (field tag FK 18122), mature female, collected by V. Weijola, 2 April 2018.
Paratypes. UMMZ 249263, Same data as holotype, and same data as holotype except collected 19 April 2018 (UMMZ 249265). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A fairly large (adult female SVl 49–49.5 mm) species of Lepidodactylus having a subcylindrical tail without a lateral fringe of enlarged scales, 38–41 enlarged scales of pore-bearing series extending to distal ends of thighs, 2 divided subterminal lamellae on t4, 9–12 t4 lamellae, 8–9 t1 lamellae, rather short toes (t4l/SVl = 0.086–0.088), lamellae occupying slightly more than half of toes (t4 lamellael/t4l = 0.53–0.60), fairly wide toes (t4W/t4l = 0.36–0.40) with moderate webbing (t3t4webl/t4l = 0.16–0.21), dorsum in life pale gray with five wide darker gray-brown bands between axilla and tail base, and tail banded with yellow and brown or pale and darker brown. (Kraus et al. 2023)


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Comment 
EtymologyThe name is a masculine latin combinatorial adjective from latus, meaning “broad”, and cinctum, meaning “band”, in recognition of the distinctive dorsal pattern of this species. 
References
  • KRAUS, F., VAHTERA, V., & WEIJOLA, V. 2023. A new species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 5296 (4): 525-539 - get paper here
 
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