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Microgecko tanishpaensis MASROOR, KHISROON, KHAN & JABLONSKI, 2020

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tanishpa’s dwarf gecko 
SynonymMicrogecko tanishpaensis MASROOR, KHISROON, KHAN & JABLONSKI 2020 
DistributionPakistan (Balochistan)

Type locality: Tanishpa, Torghar, Killa Saifullah district, Balochistan, Pakistan (31.19° N, 68.47° E), elevation 2378 m a.s.l.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: PMNH 4023 (Pakistan Museum of Natural History), an adult female, collected 3 September, 2018, leg. Ibad-ur-Rehman (Figs. 2, 4A,E, 5A,B).
Paratypes. All the paratypes were collected from the same locality as the holotype. PMNH 3695 is adult male, 27 March, 2017, leg. Muazzam Ali Khan. PMNH 4024, adult male and PMNH 4025, a subadult, 27 August, 2018, leg. Iqbal Sher (Figs. 3, 4 B–D,F, 5C,D in Masroor et al. 2020). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large Microgecko (to at least 43.8 mm SVL) characterized by flattened head, body and tail, five scales bordering the nostril, internasal (supranasal) scales in contact with nostril and separated from each other, two pairs of postmentals, 76–84 scales around midbody, 144–156 ventral scales from the postmental to vent, 75–86 scales along dorsal midline from axilla to groin and six precloacal pores in adult male (Masroor et al. 2020).


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EtymologyThe species is named after the region where the holotype was collected: Tanishpa village in the valley of the same name, Torghar Mts., Killa Saifulla District, Balochistan Province, Pakistan, by adding the Latin “-ensis” meaning ‘from’ or ‘belonging to’. 
References
  • MASROOR, RAFAQAT; MUHAMMAD KHISROON, MUAZZAM ALI KHAN, DANIEL JABLONSKI 2020. A new species of Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 4780 (1): 147–164 - get paper here
 
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