Pseudogekko smaragdinus (TAYLOR, 1922)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Polillo Gecko G: Philippinischer Smaragdgecko
Synonym	Gekko smaragdinus TAYLOR 1922: 187 Gekko smaragdinus — DAAN & HILLENIUS 1966: 129 Pseudogekko smaragdinus — KLUGE 1993 Pseudogecko [sic] smaragdinus — RÖSLER 2000: 106 Pseudogekko smaragdina— PIANKA & VITT 2003 Pseudogekko smaragdinus — SILER et al. 2014
Distribution	Philippines (Polillo, Luzon) Type locality: Pollillo [sic] (fide DAAN & HILLENIUS 1966)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAS 62336, adult male (EHT 256), syntypes: 21
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3394 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin “smaragdinus” for “emerald,” an allusion to the greenish color of this species.
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 Daan, S. & Hillenius,D. 1966. Catalogue of the type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Beaufortia 13: 117-144 DAVIS, DREW R.; JESSA L. WATTERS, GUNTHER KÖHLER, COLLIN WHITSETT, NICHOLAS A. HURON, RAFE M. BROWN, ARVIN C. DIESMOS & CAMERON D. SILER 2015. Redescription of the rare Philippine false gecko Pseudogekko brevipes (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) and description of a new species. Zootaxa 4020 (2): 357–374 - get paper here Lenort, J. 2004. Haltung und Nachzucht des philippinischen Smaragdgeckos Pseudogekko smaragdinus (TAYLOR 1922). Sauria, Berlin 26 (3): 7-12 - get paper here Oliver, Paul M.; Rafe M. Brown, Fred Kraus, Eric Rittmeyer, Scott L. Travers, Cameron D. Siler 2018. Lizards of the lost arcs: mid-Cenozoic diversification, persistence and ecological marginalization in the West Pacific. Proc. R. Soc. B 285 20171760; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1760 - get paper here Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - get paper here Siler, Cameron D.; T. Alex Dececchi, Chris L. Merkord, Drew R. Davis, Tony J. Christiani, Rafe M. Brown 2013. Cryptic diversity and population genetic structure in the rare, endemic, forest-obligate, slender geckos of the Philippines. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here Slevin, Joseph R.;Leviton, Alan E. 1956. Holotype specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. [type catalogue] Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 28 (14): 529-560 - get paper here Taylor,E.H. 1922. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, I. Philippine Journal of Science 21: 161-206 - get paper here Trautmann, G. 1998. Ersten Beobachtungen an lebenden Exemplaren des philippinischen Smaragdgeckos Pseudogekko smaragdinus (TAYLOR 1922). Sauria 20 (4): 57-61 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.lifesci.utexas.edu/research/rbrown/Rafe.page/PhilippineRes.html Google images

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