Lepidodactylus pollostos KARKKAINEN, RICHARDS, KRAUS, TJATURADI, KREY & OLIVER, 2020
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Lepidodactylus pollostos
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Lepidodactylus pollostos KARKKAINEN, RICHARDS, KRAUS, TJATURADI, KREY & OLIVER 2020 Lepidodactylus sp. Salawati — OLIVER et al., 2018: 4; fig. 1a |
| Distribution | Indonesia (West Papua: Salawati Island) Type locality: “Weybya Camp”, 0.9564°S, 130.7843°E, 75 m. a.s.l., Salawati Island, West Papua Province, Indonesia. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MZB Lace.5334 (field tag SJR7808), mature male, collected by S. Richards, B. Tjaturadi and K. Krey on 29 June 2005. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Lepidodactylus that differs from all congeners in its unique combination of very small size (adult male SVL = 32.5 mm), subcylindrical tail without lateral fringe of enlarged scales, undivided terminal scansors, two divided subterminal scansors on T4, 17 enlarged scales of pore-bearing series limited to precloacal region, 19 precloacal pores, six enlarged scales in a series between apex of pore-bearing series and cloaca, long forelimbs (FA/SVL = 0.12), short snout (SN/HL = 0.39), 14–16 T4 lamellae, eight T1 lamellae, lamellae occupying most of toes (T4lamellaeL/T4L = 0.94), narrow toes (T4W/T4L = 0.29), dark-brown flecks on venter that are most distinct on throat and head, lightto medium-brown scales on venter coalescing into vermiculations across the throat and torso, light-brown postorbital stripe, and plantar surfaces with extensive minute medium-brown punctations and with many entirely medium-brown scales. 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 5850 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Only known from the holotype. Sympatry: Cyrtodactylus irianjayaensis, Cyrtodactylus papuensis, Gehyra barea, Hemiphyllodactylus typus and Nactus sp.. Other species known from Salawati: Gehyra insulensis, probably on Salawati: Gekko vittatus, Hemidactylus frenatus, Lepidodactylus lugubris. Distribution: see map in Karkkainen et al. 2020: 7 (Fig. 4). |
| Etymology | The trivial epithet, pollostos, is a single-ending Greek adjective, meaning smallest or least, as this is possibly the smallest species of Lepidodactylus. |
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