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Pseudogekko hungkag BROWN, MENESES, WOOD, FERNANDEZ, CUESTA, CLORES, TRACY, BUEHLER & SILER, 2020

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bicol Hollow-dwelling Forest Gecko 
SynonymPseudogekko hungkag BROWN, MENESES, WOOD, FERNANDEZ, CUESTA, CLORES, TRACY, BUEHLER & SILER 2020 
DistributionPhilippines (Luzon)

Type locality: regenerating secondary forest, near the peak of Mt. Jormahan, Barangay Cogon, Municipality of Irosin, Sorsogon Province, Luzon Island, Philippines (12.761168N, 124.003568E; in all cases, datum 1⁄4 WGS84; elevation 643 m above sea level [a.s.l.])  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. PNM 9864 (RMB Field No. 24085, formerly KU 346540), adult female, collected between 2200 and 2300 h on 5 August 2017, by CGM and E. Bondal.
Paratypes.—KU 346539, 346542 (RMB 24082, 24090), two adult females, PNM 9865 (RMB 24081, formerly KU 346538), KU 346541 (RMB 24087; Fig. 4), two adult males, collected with the holotype, between 2200 and 2300 h, within 500 m of the site of holotype collection, but at slightly lower elevations (500–640 m a.s.l.). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Pseudogekko hungkag is diagnosed from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) body moderate, robust (all measurements in millimeters; males 1⁄4 SVL 42.0–45.5; females 1⁄4 42.0–52.1); (2) axilla– groin distance relatively short (males 1⁄4 21.7–24.4; females 1⁄4 24.7–27.3); (3) head (males 1⁄4 11.3–12.1; females 1⁄4 11.8– 13.8) and snout (males 1⁄4 4.6–5.2; females 1⁄4 4.9–5.7) short; (4) Finger-III scansors 11–13; (5) Toe-IV scansors 13–15; (6) supralabials 11–14; (7) infralabials 11–14; (8) circumorbitals 34–40; (9) paravertebrals 222–236; (10) ventrals 85–94; (11) enlarged precloacal pore-bearing scale series 13–14; (12) femorals undifferentiated; (13) postcloacals enlarged, in three prominent rows; (14) mental and postmentals small, undifferentiated (the latter juxtaposed); (15) transverse tail bands absent (adults, Sorsogon), or present (juvenile, Caramoan); (16) light, inverted Y-shaped caudal chevrons present for full length of tail (n 1⁄4 8–10 in adults from Sorsogon; Fig. 4A,B), or limited to tail base (n 1⁄4 3 for the juvenile from Caramoan; Fig. 4C); (17) iris bright silver to gold, ring absent (Fig. 4A); (18) superciliaries not brightly colored.


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EtymologyNamed after the Tagalog (Filipino) adjective hungkag, meaning ‘‘hollow’’ or ‘‘empty,’’ and used in reference to the new species’ use of a unique microhabitat type: hollow cavities and crevices (hollow bamboo trunks/stems, cavities in tree branches, and other tube-shaped, or sheltered microhabitats). 
References
  • BROWN, RAFE M.; CAMILA G. MENESES, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., JASON B. FERNANDEZ, MICHAEL A. CUESTA, MICHAEL A. CLORES, CLAIRE TRACY, MATT BUEHLER, AND CAMERON D. SILER 2020. Unexpected Discovery of Another New Species of Philippine False Gecko (Gekkonidae; Pseudogekko) from the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon Island. Herpetologica 76 (3): - get paper here
  • McDonald, P.J., Brown, R.M., Kraus, F. et al. 2022. Cryptic extinction risk in a western Pacific lizard radiation Biodivers Conserv (2022) - get paper here
 
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