Nactus heteronotus (BOULENGER, 1885)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Central Savanna Slender-toed Gecko
Synonym	Gymnodactylus heteronotus BOULENGER 1885: 41 Nactus heteronotus — ZUG 2020: 65
Distribution	Papua New Guinea (coastal savannas of the Central Province and the National Capital Province) Type locality: “Hall Sound”
Reproduction	Nactus pelagicus is a composite of unisexual [parthenogenetic] and bisexual populations. Note however that Zug and Moon (1995) recognized Nactus pelagicus as the asexual species for the populations in southern Vanuatu and elsewhere in Oceania, and N. multicarinatus for the bisexual species from Vanuatu and the southern Solomon Islands.
Types	Holotype. AMS R31934
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy: this species has been considered as a synonym of N. pelagicus for most of recent history until it was revalidated by Zug 2020.
Etymology	Boulenger did not explain his choice of heteronotus as a replacement name, presumably different dorsal trunk scales from the Greek heteros (“other,” “different”) and notos (“back”).
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here Zug, George R. 2020. Diversity in Pacific Slender-Toed Geckos, Nactus pelagicus Complex (Reptilia: Squamata), of New Guinea and Adjacent Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (651): x + 92 pages - get paper here
External links	Google images

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