Pseudogekko isapa SILER, DAVIS, DIESMOS, GUINTO, WHITSETT & BROWN, 2016
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Romblon Province Gecko |
Synonym | Pseudogekko isapa SILER, DAVIS, DIESMOS, GUINTO, WHITSETT & BROWN 2016 |
Distribution | Philippines (Sibuyan Island) Type locality: Mt. Guiting-Guiting Natural Park, Municipality of Magdiwang, Barangay Talaba, Romblon Province, Sibuyan Island, Philippines (12.401873°N, 122.539747°E; WGS 84; 479 m elevation). |
Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype: PNM 9816 (ACD Field No. 8920), adult male, collected at 21:30 hrs in 2014, by ACD and party. Paratype. One adult female (CAS 139713) collected on 22 May 1972, on a small vine in secondary forest, from Dubduban Barrio, Municipality of San Agustin, Romblon Province, Tablas Island, Philippines (12.58332°N, 122.1°E; WGS 84; ~17 m elev.), by L. C. Alcala and party. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Pseudogekko isapa sp. nov. can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) body elongate (SVL 62.1, 63.4 mm), (2) axilla–groin distance long (32.1, 33.0 mm), (3) relative head length long (19% SVL), (4) relative snout length long (62, 64% head length), (5) Finger-III scansors 13, (6) Toe-IV scansors 17, (7) paravertebrals 240, 246, (8) ventral scales 135, 141, (9) supralabials 20, 21, (10) infralabials 17, 19, (11) circumorbitals 50, 54, (12) precloacal pores 15 in males, none in females, (13) femoral pores absent, (14) conspicuous head spotting present, (15) conspicuous dorsolateral spotting absent, (16) body striping absent, and (17) interorbital banding present (Tables 1, 2; Fig. 2). Additional details (3249 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | |
Etymology | We derive the new species epithet from the Tagalog (Filipino) phrase isa pa, meaning “another” or “one more” in reference to our surprise at the discovery of yet another distinctive new species of Pseudogekko immediately following our review of the genus (Siler et al. 2014a), including what we thought was a comprehensive review of the P. compresicorpus (Siler et al. 2014b) and P. brevipes complexes (Davis et al. 2015a). |
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