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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE80BD47A21FE804401" bold="true" box="[199,334,1627,1653]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name is derived from the Cederberg mountain range from where the species occurs. The toponym is formed in agreement with the neuter genus.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE80BD47AD8FE8C44C8" bold="true" box="[199,322,1698,1724]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Referable to the genus
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE809467AD9FD2444C9" box="[597,746,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Cacosternum</emphasis>
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based on the absence of webbing between fingers and toes, concealed tympanum and smooth ventrum with brown mottling on white background, and molecular monophyly of the
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE80BD27A90FF254570" box="[193,235,1770,1796]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">16S</emphasis>
mitochondrial marker within
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE8092F7A91FD1F4571" box="[572,721,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Cacosternum</emphasis>
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. This new species differs from other
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE80F657A91FAC54571" box="[1142,1291,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Cacosternum</emphasis>
species
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with regard to the
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fragment, by a net uncorrected p-distance value of 1.97.1% (Table 1). This new species forms part of the morphologically and phylogenetically distinct
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE809FF7B49FCA94538" box="[748,871,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">C. capense</emphasis>
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group, which can be separated from other species of
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE80BAB7B2DFE834505" box="[184,333,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Cacosternum</emphasis>
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on the basis of their large size, pulse count of their creak call, and possession of dorsolateral glands that produce defensive secretions.
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Morphologically,
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE80A9C7BE5FD9C45CD" box="[399,594,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">C. cederbergense</emphasis>
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is intermediate between
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE808CB7BE5FB9A45CC" box="[984,1108,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">C. capense</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB1FFE80F827BE5FAF345CC" box="[1169,1341,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">C. namaquense</emphasis>
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but can be diagnosed based on the following character states: (1) rictal glands: enlarged, forming an uninterrupted arc with the angle of the jaw (interrupted in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE909337CEDFD5742C4" box="[544,665,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
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; continuous with the upper lip and reaching the base of the arm in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90E907CEDFEEE42A0" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
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), (2) supratympanic fold: continues posteriorly as a thickened fold (similar to
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90F6D7CC1FAE642A0" box="[1150,1320,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
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; indistinct in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90BA77CA5FEE3428C" box="[180,301,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), (3) nostrils: when viewed from above they are within one nostril diameter of the anterior snout edge (similar in
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90A1D7D79FE424368" box="[270,396,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
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,
</emphasis>
but located on the anterior margin of the snout in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE908B97D79FB9C4368" box="[938,1106,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), (4) pupil of the eye: absence of a dark streak of variable length running downward, from the pupil into the iris (present in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE90FD87D5DFA884334" authorityName="Hewitt" authorityYear="1925" box="[1227,1350,295,321]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90FD87D5DFA884334" box="[1227,1350,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90E907D5DFEEE4310" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), (5) dorsum: smooth, with a diffusion of small dark protuberances concentrated between the scapular and sacral regions (smooth to granular in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE909637D15FCD543FC" box="[624,795,367,393]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namaquense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE909637D15FCD543FC" box="[624,795,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, usually free of warts; covered with large rounded warts in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE90BA57DE9FEFF43D8" authorityName="Hewitt" authorityYear="1925" box="[182,305,403,429]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90BA57DE9FEFF43D8" box="[182,305,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, each surrounded by dark flecks), (6) dorsal glands: a pair of dorsoventral subcutaneous glands run longitudinally from the vicinity of the urostyle to the scapula region (in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE908AB7DCDFBFF43A4" authorityName="Hewitt" authorityYear="1925" box="[952,1073,439,465]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE908AB7DCDFBFF43A4" box="[952,1073,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
glands are bean-shaped and two pairs are present, one above the vent in a semi-fused condition, another anterior to the thighs; condition similar in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE90E907DA1FEEE406C" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namaquense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90E907DA1FEEE406C" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), (7) dorsal colouration: orange and olive-green tinges common (also present in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90F9D7D85FAC8406C" box="[1166,1286,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but rare in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90E907D85FEEE4048" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), (8) a pale interorbital patch present but diffuse (in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE908417E59FC344048" box="[850,1018,547,573]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namaquense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE908417E59FC344048" box="[850,1018,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the patch is free of mottling and forms an uninterrupted interorbital bar; absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE909657E3DFD3E4014" authorityName="Hewitt" authorityYear="1925" box="[630,752,583,609]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE909657E3DFD3E4014" box="[630,752,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, replaced by a dark triangle with a posterior vertex), (9) pale patch present between the scapular and sacral regions, diffuse (in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE9087B7E11FBDF40F0" box="[872,1041,619,645]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namaquense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE9087B7E11FBDF40F0" box="[872,1041,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the patch on the back often extends to the flanks and is usually free of mottling; absent in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE909F07EF5FC9540DC" box="[739,859,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), (10) ventrum: breeding males with a rim of diffuse grey colouration around the lower jaw, brown spots underneath, extending to the base of the forearms (blotches rapidly coalesce towards the throat in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90AF67EADFD404084" box="[485,654,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), becoming paler and smaller; throat black in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE90FFB7EADFAAF4084" authorityName="Hewitt" authorityYear="1925" box="[1256,1377,727,753]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90FFB7EADFAAF4084" box="[1256,1377,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="13102A62FFB0FFE90E637EADFF7D4161" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1695,1719]" captionTargetBox="[174,1410,1075,1647]" captionTargetId="figure-52@11.[151,1436,1048,1671]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 8. Males in breeding condition: a) Cacosternum cederbergense sp. nov. (PEM A15293) from the northern Cederberg, b) C. capense from Hermon, Swartland District, c) C. namaquense from Kamieskroon, Namaqualand, and d) C. karooicum from Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve in the Breede River Valley. Only the C. cederbergense sp. nov. individual was collected as a voucher." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13848159" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13848159/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 8b</figureCitation>
)), (11) belly white with dark blotches often fusing together but never forming stripes (broad stripes often present in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE90BA07F65FE92414C" box="[179,348,799,825]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namaquense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90BA07F65FE92414C" box="[179,348,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and sometimes in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE909397F65FD6C414C" box="[554,674,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), (12) supernumerary tubercles: count of three to five, rounded, outer row closer to palmar tubercle than to proximal subarticular tubercles (same in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE908E07F39FBA54128" box="[1011,1131,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90F857F39FAF14128" box="[1174,1343,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
conical, count of four to five, outer row closer to proximal subarticular tubercles than to palmar tubercles), and (13) palmar tubercle: heart-shaped (bifid in
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE90AEB7FF1FD6D41D0" box="[504,675,907,933]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namaquense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90AEB7FF1FD6D41D0" box="[504,675,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; depressed in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE908557FF1FC0E41D0" box="[838,960,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Meristic differences indicate the head of
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90B847FD5FE9741BD" box="[151,345,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. cederbergense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90A717FD5FE7241BD" bold="true" box="[354,444,943,969]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26C578EFFB0FFE90A717FD5FE7241BD" box="[354,444,943,969]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is proportionately wider than
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE908007FD5FC7041BC" box="[787,958,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but roughly equal to
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90FAE7FD5FAF941BC" box="[1213,1335,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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).
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE90B847FA9FE014199" authorityName="Angus &amp; Telford &amp; Ping &amp; Conradie" authorityYear="2024" box="[151,463,979,1005]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cederbergense" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90B847FA9FE014199" box="[151,463,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Cacosternum cederbergense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90AC57FA9FDE04199" bold="true" box="[470,558,979,1005]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26C578EFFB0FFE90AC57FA9FDE04199" box="[470,558,979,1005]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
also has proportionately larger eyes than
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE908E47FA9FBA14198" authorityName="Hewitt" authorityYear="1925" box="[1015,1135,979,1005]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capense">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE908E47FA9FBA14198" box="[1015,1135,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90FB67FA9FA984198" box="[1189,1366,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D64FFB0FFE90FB67FA9FA9C4198" box="[1189,1362,979,1005]" class="Amphibia" family="Pyxicephalidae" genus="Cacosternum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namaquense">C. namaquense</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Snout length is longer in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90A777F8DFE154664" box="[356,475,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE909277F8DFD134664" box="[564,733,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE908017F8DFC1F4665" box="[786,977,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. cederbergense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE908C47F8DFBE14665" bold="true" box="[983,1071,1015,1041]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26C578EFFB0FFE908C47F8DFBE14665" box="[983,1071,1015,1041]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9436E7FFB0FFE90BD47861FB2A46D5" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
The advertisement call consists of a brief pulsed creak emitted at long intervals (
<figureCitation id="13102A62FFB0FFE90F797861FB734641" box="[1130,1213,1051,1077]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1442,1466]" captionTargetBox="[191,1396,562,1414]" captionTargetId="figure-219@12.[186,1402,561,1419]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 9. Spectrograms of advertisement calls for a) Cacosternum cederbergense sp. nov., b) C. capense, c) C. namaquense, and d) C. karooicum produced using the seewave package in R statistical environment." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13848161" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13848161/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 9a</figureCitation>
,
<tableCitation id="C6A9035CFFB0FFE90FD87861FAEC4641" box="[1227,1314,1051,1077]" captionStart="TABLE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,239,151,175]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="TABLE 3. Mean values for each of the six acoustic parameters used to characterise each species call. See Methods and Materials for an explanation of abbreviations. SD, standard deviation." pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Table 3</tableCitation>
). It differs from the harsh creaks produced by
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE909307845FD53462C" box="[547,669,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE909C77845FC4F462C" box="[724,897,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
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which always have a mean dominant frequency greater than 2 kHz. The call of
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90AE77819FD6E4608" box="[500,672,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. namaquense</emphasis>
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can have more than 26 pulses and often a duration greater than
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, whereas that of
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90A7178FDFDEB46D5" box="[354,549,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">C. cederbergense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE9093F78FDFD4846D5" bold="true" box="[556,646,1159,1185]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
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ranges from 18 to 26 pulses and lasts less than
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.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90BD478D0FDD346B1" bold="true" box="[199,541,1194,1221]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
Description of the
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.
</emphasis>
An adult male in breeding condition, SVL
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(
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). Body slender, urostyle posterior to vent, widest around the angle of the jaw (HW =
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). The head is bluntly rounded from above, truncated in profile. Head length is about one quarter of the body length (HL/SVL 0.26).
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB0FFE90FCA7889FA524779" box="[1241,1436,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Canthus rostralis</emphasis>
rounded, straight from eye to nostril, loreal region slightly concave; nostrils small, rounded, directed anterolaterally, raised marginally. The nostrils are placed closer to the snout than to the eye (EN/SL 0.66). Internarial distance is slightly less than distance between eye and nostril (NN/EN 0.94). Eyes directed anterolaterally, the eyes protrude, and barely visible from below, relatively large (ED/SL 1.02). Distance between anterior corners of eyes more than double the internarial distance (NN/EE 0.45). The angle of the jaw is posterior to a line drawn vertically from the back of the eye. Tympanum not visible.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9436E7FFB0FFE90BD47995FBD145CD" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">The dorsal surfaces of the head, trunk and limbs are smooth, with small indistinct protuberances; the rictal gland is unbroken, continuing around the posterior angle of the jaw, expanded posteriorly. The supratympanic fold continues posteriorly, thick and glandular to the arm insertion, forming a thickened saddle. Subcutaneous dorsolateral glands running from urostyle along the flanks, small, do not reach the insertion of the forelimbs. The forelimbs are slender, hands small (HAN/SVL 0.26), fingertips bluntly rounded without discs. Relative finger lengths I&lt;II&lt;IV&lt;III; subarticular tubercles distinct, rounded, with one on fingers I and II, two on fingers III and IV. No webbing between fingers, although each digit tapers laterally to a thin margin. Thenar tubercle moderate size, partially obscured by nuptial pad that reaches the distal phalanx of the first finger; palmar tubercles large, heart shaped. Four supernumerary tubercles on palm. Hind limbs moderately long (TIB/SVL 0.42; FOT/SVL 0.45), foot slightly longer than tibia (TIB/ FOT 0.93); thighs are poorly developed, granular on the posterior faces with a diffusion of small glands; relative toe lengths are I&lt;II&lt;V&lt;III&lt;IV. The toe tips are not expanded; subarticular tubercles: one on toes I and II, two on toes III and V, and IV. No webbing between the toes. The inner metatarsal tubercle is large and conical, protruding, equal in width to the tip of the first toe. Outer metatarsal tubercle present as a small bump.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB3FFEA0B8479C9FEDB47BF" bold="true" box="[151,277,1459,1483]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB3FFEA0AB779C9FD0947BF" box="[420,711,1459,1483]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cacosternum cederbergense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB3FFEA09C379C9FCED47BF" bold="true" box="[720,803,1459,1483]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26C578EFFB3FFEA09C379C9FCED47BF" box="[720,803,1459,1483]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(PEM A15391) from the eastern end of Pakhuis Pass in the northern Cederberg, Western Cape, South Africa: a) lateral, b) ventral, and a) dorsal view.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB3FFEA0BD47A3BFEA9442F" bold="true" box="[199,359,1601,1627]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Colour in life</emphasis>
(
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). Dorsum with olive mottling over paler beige patches; small protuberances covered in black blotches; pale beige patch between eyes and in the area between the scapula and sacral regions; limbs with transverse dark and pale bands, the darker bands contain olive-green centres; iris hazel with a pale rim around the pupil. Ventrum white with large black blotches that fuse together and are tinged with orange; throat with smaller black spots anteriorly; diffuse grey beneath lower lip that extends to the insertion of the forelimbs; palms, feet and underside of limbs orange with many dark reticulations. Light intensity has a substantial effect on colour shade, where adults become dark in the absence of light and turn paler when exposed to light.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB3FFEA0BD47B47FE164523" bold="true" box="[199,472,1853,1879]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Colour in preservative.</emphasis>
Dorsum dark grey with pale grey mottling; pale grey crossbar anterior to the eyes, with anterior pale grey line to snout; supratympanic and subcutaneous dorsolateral glands orange-mustard colouration, with olive darker blotches; pale grey and dark grey transverse bands on limbs. Ventrum white with grey blotches that fuse together; gular grey anterior and white with grey blotches posteriorly; palm of hands dark grey, with fingers and tubercles white; sole of feet uniform dark grey, except subarticular tubercles white.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB0B847FDAFEDD41CC" bold="true" box="[151,275,928,952]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Five specimens from the paratype series of
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB09C37FDBFC3E41CC" box="[720,1008,928,952]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cacosternum cederbergense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB08E57FDAFB8941CC" bold="true" box="[1014,1095,928,952]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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; a) PEM A15293 (male), b) PEM A15292 (male), c) PEM A15289 (female), and d) PEM A15287 (female).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB0B847AE5FEDC44C3" bold="true" box="[151,274,1695,1719]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Males in breeding condition: a)
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB09497ADAFCB744C3" box="[602,889,1695,1719]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cacosternum cederbergense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB086C7ADAFC0144CC" bold="true" box="[895,975,1696,1720]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26C578EFFB2FFEB086C7ADAFC0144CC" box="[895,975,1696,1720]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(PEM A15293) from the northern Cederberg, b)
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB0BA67ABEFEE944AF" box="[181,295,1732,1755]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. capense</emphasis>
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from Hermon, Swartland District, c)
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB09A17ABEFC9F44AF" box="[690,849,1732,1755]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. namaquense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Kamieskroon, Namaqualand, and d)
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB0E027ABEFA5244AF" box="[1297,1436,1731,1755]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. karooicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve in the Breede River Valley. Only the
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB08747A92FBD6448B" box="[871,1048,1767,1791]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. cederbergense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB0F0D7A92FBA14574" bold="true" box="[1054,1135,1768,1792]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26C578EFFB2FFEB0F0D7A92FBA14574" box="[1054,1135,1768,1792]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
individual wa
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB0E117A92FAC2448B" box="[1282,1292,1768,1791]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">s</emphasis>
collected as a voucher.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB2FFEB0BD47B0CFE7E45FB" bold="true" box="[199,432,1909,1936]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<typeStatus id="54908845FFB2FFEB0BD47B0CFEFA45E4" box="[199,308,1910,1936]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
variation.
</emphasis>
SVL in females ranges from 23.0
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, and in males
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. The condition of the subcutaneous dorsolateral glands varies in size, correlating with SVL, from prominent in large individuals to indistinct in smaller ones. The density and intensity of dark mottling on the ventrum, the size of individual blotches, and the degree to which they fuse differs from specimen to specimen (
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). Males have grey throats (
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ab, 8a), and nuptial pads that reach the distal phalanx of the first finger (
<figureCitation id="13102A62FFB5FFEC08C37CC1FBFC42A1" box="[976,1074,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1929,1953]" captionTargetBox="[379,1208,1563,1903]" captionTargetId="figure-256@12.[376,1211,1562,1906]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 10. Diagram of a) the right hand of C. cederbergense sp. nov. holotype male (PEM A15391) in breeding condition, and b) the right hand of a paratype female (PEM A15288). Abbreviations: P = palmar tubercle, T = thenar tubercle, np = nuptial pad, sn = supernumerary tubercles, st = subarticular tubercle." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13848163" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13848163/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 10a</figureCitation>
). Supernumerary tubercles may be prominent to indistinct, and vary in number, from three to five. Those located beneath the basal subarticular tubercle on the first finger are often obscured by the thenar tubercle. Meristic differences between the
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and
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, and males and females, are negligible.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB5FFEC0BD47D30FE614311" bold="true" box="[199,431,330,357]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Advertisement call.</emphasis>
A total of 20 calls from the
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specimen (
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<specimenCode id="DB8D9E9CFFB5FFEC0F077D30FBA04311" box="[1044,1134,330,357]" collectionCode="PEM" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/xqn4-34sv" name="Port Elizabeth Museum" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="Museum">A15391</specimenCode>
<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB5FFEC0F7D7D30FBB94310" bold="true" box="[1134,1143,330,356]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">)</emphasis>
were recorded at the type locality over a period of 18.5 minutes.
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temperature during this time was 10º
<collectorName id="26DE5331FFB5FFEC0F007D15FB9043FD" box="[1043,1118,367,393]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C. The</collectorName>
call of
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can be described as a short, pulsed bray emitted singly at long intervals (58.3 ±
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,
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has a mean dominant frequency of 1.8 ± 0.03 kHz, and a dominant frequency range of 0.92 kHz.
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have between 18 and 26 pulses at a rate of 90.6 ± 7.35 pulses per second.
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territorial call was heard, but no more than a single male was heard calling in a pool.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB5FFEC0B8479D8FEDC47CE" bold="true" box="[151,274,1442,1466]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Spectrograms of advertisement calls for a)
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.
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, c)
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB5FFEC0FE979D8FA5847CE" box="[1274,1430,1442,1466]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C. namaquense</emphasis>
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, and d)
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produced using the
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package in R statistical environment.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB5FFEC0B847BF3FEEE45D6" bold="true" box="[151,288,1929,1954]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Diagram of a) the right hand of
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holotype male (PEM A15391) in breeding condition, and b) the right hand of a paratype female (PEM A15288). Abbreviations: P = palmar tubercle, T = thenar tubercle, np = nuptial pad, sn = supernumerary tubercles, st = subarticular tubercle.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB4FFED0B8479B6FED14790" bold="true" box="[151,287,1484,1508]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
Habitat of
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ab) typical breeding habitat consisting of small rock pools with high walls and overhangs, c) a collection of pools at the Hollanders locality, only certain pools are used for breeding, d) a large boulder complex near Bushmans Cave Bergteater with several breeding pools on top, raised several meters above the ground and scalable only by climbing vertical faces.
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(
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). All records come from Nardouw and Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos sensu
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, who describe the landscape as flat to gently sloping tableland dominated by rocky outcrops and gullies that are surrounded by deep sandy flats. Restios are common in moist areas, and small shrubs in drier sections. Breeding takes place atop large sandstone boulders and rocky outcrops in rock pools that form after the first winter rains.
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appears to favour highly heterogeneous habitat with rocky and vegetated sections, often on scree covered slopes. During the day, adult and juvenile frogs have been found sheltering under rocks, or in small cracks in the pool edge. At night, adults may be observed resting entirely submerged on the pool bottom, or partially submerged clinging to the rock. If disturbed, they will dart downwards and walk along the substrate away from the perceived threat. When picked up they show similarities to the death-feigning that has been observed in
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and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB7FFEE0A767CEDFDC042C4" box="[357,526,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">C. namaquense</emphasis>
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, whereby they tuck their limbs and head inwards, stiffening up in the process (De Villiers 1929; OA personal observation). On occasion, individuals may secrete a white substance from their large dorsolateral glands. As is the case with
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, this secretion is likely toxic, acting as a defensive adaptation to avoid predation (
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).
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB7FFEE0BD47D5DFE454334" bold="true" box="[199,395,294,321]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Natural History.</emphasis>
Calls have only been heard on two occasions despite multiple night excursions. In
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, on the same day as a significant rainfall event (
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were heard calling at the
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locality. Males began calling one hour after darkness, uttering soft creaks at long intervals. Call sites were limited to the pool edge, whereby males call half submerged holding onto the pool edge with their forelimbs. No territorial call has been heard, although two or more males have never been observed in the same pool. Pairs in amplexus have not been observed. A single egg clump (
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) was found resting on the bottom of a pool away from the waters edge. Individual eggs have been found scattered across the rock pool, presumably as a result of wave action caused by wind that dissembles the egg clump.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF5FFB7FFEE0BD47E3CFEAF4014" bold="true" box="[199,353,582,608]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Distribution.</emphasis>
All records come from the northern Cederberg between
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and
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at elevation of
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to
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The distribution of this species is likely controlled by its strict habitat requirements, namely the presence of rocky outcrops and the small rock pools that form atop them. The apparent disuse of habitat associated with rocky flats is reflected in the SDM for the species, which does not predict their occurrence on much of the plateau that extends from the Gifberg to Nieuwoudtville, in the lowlands of the Olifants River valley, or at elevations above
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Rather, it suggests a distribution intermediate between lowland and montane environments, from the vicinity of Wupperthal in the south to the Doringrivier in the north. It also identifies two narrow linear strips of suitable habitat, one north of the Doringrivier and the second immediately west of the Olifants River valley.
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Binoy
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(Female unknown for
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Anterior carina of pronotal collar bending towards insertion of fore coxa.........................................
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Anterior carina of pronotal collar laterally curving towards pronotal lobe.........................................
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Frons and vertex with distinct impressed punctation; IOC indistinct; brownish translucent lamellar expansion present on scapal basin; deep excavation beyond IOC.......................................................
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Frons and vertex matt, punctation shallow; IOC well defined; scapal basin without lamellar expansion; excavation beyond IOC absent...............................................................................
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<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7F9E9B3AFA8FE052" bold="true" box="[1244,1319,1119,1141]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">buddha</emphasis>
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Legs black with yellow markings........................................................................
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Legs ferruginous with yellow markings [Gt3 and Gt4 immaculate].................................
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Head, mesosoma and metasoma (at least on Gt1) with spaced uniform punctures, setae sparse; clypeus dentate medio-apically; scutellum and terga with yellow markings.................................................................
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7ED29B85FA34E0D2" bold="true" box="[1424,1436,1248,1269]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">5</emphasis>
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Head and mesosoma with irregular deep pits and dense setae; clypeus medio-apically truncate, slightly bevelled; scutellum and terga entirely black................................................
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Binoy, Girish Kumar &amp; Santhosh
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Clypeus either bidentate or truncate with sharp lateral indentations; POD subequal to OOD..........................
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Clypeus quadridentate, with median indentation formed by overhanging prolongation of median carina; POD distinctly shorter than OOD.............................................................................
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Apical margin of clypeus truncate; metasoma immaculate [large species (
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Apical margin of clypeus distinctly dentate, with or without lateral emargination; metasoma with yellow macula on Gt
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...
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Prepectus black......................................................................................
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<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF94FFEB7BD59945FA35E272" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
Prepectus with yellow patch [spot between IOC and median ocellus absent; punctation on mesopleuron similar to that of the head, mesosoma and metasoma]..............................................
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF94FFEB7F1E995AFA35E272" authority="Binoy &amp; Girish Kumar" authorityName="Binoy &amp; Girish Kumar" authorityYear="2021" box="[1116,1437,1599,1621]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="geethae">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7F1E995AFA35E272" bold="true" box="[1116,1437,1599,1621]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7F1E995AFB00E272" bold="true" box="[1116,1192,1599,1621]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">geethae</emphasis>
Binoy &amp; Girish Kumar
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<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7BD5993AFF01E253" bold="true" box="[151,169,1631,1652]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">8.</emphasis>
Metasoma with Gt
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and Gt
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immaculate...................................................................
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7ED2993AFA34E253" bold="true" box="[1424,1436,1631,1652]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">9</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="A61536A8FF94FFEB7BD599E5FA34E292" blockId="1.[151,1437,959,1814]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF94FFEB7BD599E5FA34E292" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
Gt
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and Gt
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with distinct yellow macula [punctation on mesopleuron, mesosoma and metasoma different from that of head]....................................................................................
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF94FFEB7F8F99FAFA34E292" authority="Saini &amp; Dey" authorityName="Saini &amp; Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[1229,1436,1695,1717]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="helenae">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7F8F99FAFA34E292" bold="true" box="[1229,1436,1695,1717]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7F8F99FAFAB2E292" bold="true" box="[1229,1306,1695,1717]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">helenae</emphasis>
Saini &amp; Dey
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<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF94FFEB7BD599DAFA34E2F2" box="[151,1436,1727,1750]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7BD599DAFF01E2F3" bold="true" box="[151,169,1727,1748]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">9.</emphasis>
Clypeus deeply emarginate medio-apically, emargination deeper than wide, no lateral denticle...........
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF94FFEB7FB999DAFA34E2F2" authority="(F. Smith)" baseAuthorityName="F. Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[1275,1436,1727,1749]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="agilis">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7FB999DAFA34E2F2" bold="true" box="[1275,1436,1727,1749]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7FB999DAFA98E2F2" bold="true" box="[1275,1328,1727,1749]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">agilis</emphasis>
(F. Smith)
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<paragraph id="A61536A8FF94FFEB7BD59985FA35E332" blockId="1.[151,1437,959,1814]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF94FFEB7BD59985FA35E332" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
Clypeus with shallower emargination medio-apically, emargination wider than deep, often with separate obtuse, lateral denticle...........................................................................
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF94FFEB7F8B999AFA35E332" authority="(Cameron)" baseAuthorityName="Cameron" baseAuthorityYear="1890" box="[1225,1437,1791,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7F8B999AFA35E332" bold="true" box="[1225,1437,1791,1813]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7F8B999AFA8EE332" bold="true" box="[1225,1318,1791,1813]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">orientalis</emphasis>
(Cameron)
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<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7BD59821FF4AE379" bold="true" box="[151,226,1860,1886]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">Males</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A61536A8FF94FFEB7BD5980DFA3BE3A5" blockId="1.[151,1427,1860,1923]" box="[151,1427,1896,1923]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
(
<collectingRegion id="646EF84AFF94FFEB7BDD980DFF70E3A5" box="[159,216,1896,1922]" country="Maldives" name="Maale" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">Male</collectingRegion>
unknown for
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF94FFEB7A2D980CFDF6E3A5" authority="(Cameron)" baseAuthorityName="Cameron" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[367,606,1896,1922]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="buddha">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7A2D980CFE49E3A5" box="[367,481,1896,1922]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">D. buddha</emphasis>
(Cameron)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF94FFEB792B980CFBFDE3A5" authority="Binoy, Girish Kumar &amp; Santhosh" authorityName="Binoy, Girish Kumar &amp; Santhosh" box="[617,1109,1896,1923]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leclercqi">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB792B980CFD4FE3A5" box="[617,743,1896,1922]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">D. leclercqi</emphasis>
Binoy, Girish Kumar &amp; Santhosh
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF94FFEB7FCB980CFA24E3A5" authority="Saini &amp; Dey" authorityName="Saini &amp; Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[1161,1420,1896,1922]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="helenae">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7FCB980CFB56E3A5" box="[1161,1278,1896,1922]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">D. helenae</emphasis>
Saini &amp; Dey
</taxonomicName>
)
</paragraph>
<key id="D23B6199FF94FFE87BD598CAFA35E7B8" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="138" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<footnote id="C5B12AA6FF94FFEB7BD598CAFA35E3C3" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<keyStep id="1D5E2E0DFF94FFEB7BD598CAFA35E3C3" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF94FFEB7BD598CAFA34E3E3" blockId="1.[151,1437,1967,2020]" box="[151,1436,1967,1989]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF94FFEB7BD598CAFA34E3E3" box="[151,1436,1967,1989]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7BD598CAFF02E3E3" bold="true" box="[151,170,1967,1988]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">1.</emphasis>
Legs brownish black with yellow markings; clypeus truncate, straight, or pointed apically...........................
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7ED298CAFA34E3E3" bold="true" box="[1424,1436,1967,1988]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">2</emphasis>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF94FFEB7BD598AAFA35E3C3" blockId="1.[151,1437,1967,2020]" box="[151,1437,1998,2020]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF94FFEB7BD598AAFA35E3C3" box="[151,1437,1998,2020]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
Legs ferruginous with yellow markings; clypeus with deep medio-apical emargination................
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF94FFEB7FB898ABFA35E3C3" authority="(Nurse)" baseAuthorityName="Nurse" baseAuthorityYear="1902" box="[1274,1437,1998,2020]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulveris">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF94FFEB7FB898ABFAE1E3C3" bold="true" box="[1274,1353,1998,2020]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">pulveris</emphasis>
(Nurse)
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</paragraph>
</keyStep>
</footnote>
<keyStep id="1D5E2E0DFF97FFE87BD59FF2FA34E4EB" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59FF2FA34E48B" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[151,1436,151,173]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59FF2FA34E48B" box="[151,1436,151,173]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87BD59FF2FF01E48B" bold="true" box="[151,169,151,172]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">2.</emphasis>
First metasomal segment not longer than following three segments combined.....................................
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87ED29FF2FA34E48B" bold="true" box="[1424,1436,151,172]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">3</emphasis>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59FD2FA34E4EB" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[151,1436,182,205]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59FD2FA34E4EB" box="[151,1436,182,205]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
First metasomal segment distinctly longer than following three segments combined................
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF97FFE87F959FD3FA34E4EB" authority="Leclercq" authorityName="Leclercq" box="[1239,1436,182,204]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oppidanus">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87F959FD3FA34E4EB" bold="true" box="[1239,1436,182,204]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87F959FD3FA96E4EB" bold="true" box="[1239,1342,182,204]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">oppidanus</emphasis>
Leclercq
</emphasis>
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<keyStep id="1D5E2E0DFF97FFE87BD59FB3FA34E50D" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59FB3FA34E52C" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59FB3FA34E52C" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87BD59FB3FF01E4CC" bold="true" box="[151,169,214,235]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">3.</emphasis>
Flagellomeres 24 prominently arched; mandible, terga, and legs without yellow maculation; scape brownish black with faint yellow marking; frons distinctly reticulate punctate, not depressed beyond IOC.....................
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF97FFE87FAE9F90FA34E52C" authority="(Bingham)" baseAuthorityName="Bingham" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[1260,1436,245,267]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="opifex">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87FAE9F90FA34E52C" bold="true" box="[1260,1436,245,267]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87FAE9F90FA81E52C" bold="true" box="[1260,1321,245,267]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">opifex</emphasis>
(Bingham)
</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59E70FA34E50D" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[151,1436,277,299]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59E70FA34E50D" box="[151,1436,277,299]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
Flagellomeres 24 cylindrical; other characters in different combination.........................................
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87ED29E70FA34E50D" bold="true" box="[1424,1436,277,298]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">4</emphasis>
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<keyStep id="1D5E2E0DFF97FFE87BD59E51FA34E54E" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59E51FA34E56D" box="[151,1436,308,336]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59E51FF52E56D" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[151,250,308,330]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87BD59E51FF01E56E" bold="true" box="[151,169,308,329]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">4.</emphasis>
Gt
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<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BB89E21FA34E56D" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[250,1436,308,336]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
1 distinctly punctate................................................................................
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87ED29E50FA34E56D" bold="true" box="[1424,1436,309,330]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">5</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59E31FA34E54E" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[151,1436,340,367]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59E31FA34E54E" box="[151,1436,340,367]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
Gt
<subScript id="3A2E34EDFF97FFE87BB89E06FEA9E548" attach="left" box="[250,257,355,367]" fontSize="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">1</subScript>
impunctate (at most setigerous micropunctures present)...................................................
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87ED29E31FA34E54E" bold="true" box="[1424,1436,340,361]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">6</emphasis>
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<keyStep id="1D5E2E0DFF97FFE87BD59E16FA35E58F" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59E16FA34E5AF" box="[151,1436,371,399]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59E16FDE0E5AF" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[151,584,371,393]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87BD59E16FF01E5AF" bold="true" box="[151,169,371,392]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">5.</emphasis>
POD distinctly shorter than OOD; Gt
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE8790A9EE6FA34E5AF" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[584,1436,371,399]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
2 impunctate.............................................
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF97FFE87FA99E16FA34E5AF" authority="Leclercq" authorityName="Leclercq" authorityYear="1956" box="[1259,1436,371,393]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pentheri">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87FA99E16FA34E5AF" bold="true" box="[1259,1436,371,393]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87FA99E16FA96E5AE" bold="true" box="[1259,1342,371,393]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">pentheri</emphasis>
Leclercq
</emphasis>
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<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59EF6FA35E58F" box="[151,1437,402,430]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
POD subequal to OOD; Gt
<subScript id="3A2E34EDFF97FFE87AA79EC7FE44E589" attach="left" box="[485,492,418,430]" fontSize="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">2</subScript>
finely punctate......................................
<taxonomicName id="61AA4D2BFF97FFE87F1E9EF7FA35E58F" authority="Binoy &amp; Girish Kumar" authorityName="Binoy &amp; Girish Kumar" authorityYear="2021" box="[1116,1437,402,425]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Dasyproctus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="geethae">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87F1E9EF7FA35E58F" bold="true" box="[1116,1437,402,425]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87F1E9EF7FB00E58F" bold="true" box="[1116,1192,402,424]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">geethae</emphasis>
Binoy &amp; Girish Kumar
</emphasis>
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<keyStep id="1D5E2E0DFF97FFE87BD59ED7FA34E5C0" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59ED7FA34E5E0" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[151,1436,434,456]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59ED7FA34E5E0" box="[151,1436,434,456]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87BD59ED7FF01E5E0" bold="true" box="[151,169,434,455]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">6.</emphasis>
Clypeus with distinct median carina......................................................................
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87ED29ED7FA34E5E0" bold="true" box="[1424,1436,434,455]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">7</emphasis>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59EB7FA34E5C0" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[151,1436,466,488]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59EB7FA34E5C0" box="[151,1436,466,488]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
Clypeus without carina...............................................................................
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87EC69EB7FA34E5C0" bold="true" box="[1412,1436,466,487]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">10</emphasis>
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<keyStep id="1D5E2E0DFF97FFE87BD59E94FA35E601" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59E94FA34E621" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[151,1436,497,519]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<keyLead id="1D5B959DFF97FFE87BD59E94FA34E621" box="[151,1436,497,519]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87BD59E94FF01E621" bold="true" box="[151,169,497,518]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">7.</emphasis>
IOC usual, not differentiated into lamellar expansion; no dorsal excavation beyond IOC.............................
<emphasis id="94DEEABAFF97FFE87ED29E94FA34E621" bold="true" box="[1424,1436,497,518]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">8</emphasis>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A61536A8FF97FFE87BD59D74FA35E601" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[151,1437,528,551]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">
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IOC differentiated into brownish, translucent lamellar expansion; deep excavation present beyond IOC..
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Pronotal collar and pronotal lobe with yellow markings; metasoma maculate at least on Gt
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Mesosoma black except on ventral part of pronotal lobe; metasoma immaculate..
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Scutellum and axilla yellow; distinct yellow markings present on Gt
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meeting medially; Gt
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with transverse yellow band basally; clypeus medially produced into sharp acute tooth, median carina conspicuous..............................................................................................
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Clypeus apico-medially truncate; Gt
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1 bimaculate...............................................
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Clypeus apico-medially emarginate (in form of inverted V); Gt
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immaculate.....................................
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Area beyond IOC declivous, distinct furrow beyond declivity onto frons, almost reaching anterior ocellus; all terga except Gt 5, immaculate......................................................
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No declivity or furrow beyond IOC; Gt
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maculate.........
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(
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</materialsCitation>
;
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:
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E Lumi
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,
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(
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)
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.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FF60FE55376177A5" box="[199,313,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.—A large (
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of adult males
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, of adult females
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) species of
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having entirely undivided subterminal lamellae on all toes; 1622
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4 lamellae; 1116
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1 lamellae; extensive webbing between all toes (
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3
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4webL/
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4L = 0.260.38,
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4
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5webL/
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4L = 0.150.28); short snout (SN/HL = 0.460.52, EN/HL = 0.370.43); wide head (
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/HL = 0.750.92); 4350 enlarged precloacal/femoral scales; 4347 precloacal/femoral pores in a continuous chevron in males; single row of enlarged subcaudal scales; tail rounded anteriorly, somewhat depressed posteriorly, lacking serrations; lateral, antecubital, and popliteal skin folds well developed; elongate postmentals; 36 scales in posterior contact with postmentals; typically four (but sometimes three) postnasals; all postsupranasal scales small, with none&gt;50% size of supranasal; dorsal color pattern varying shades of brown with or without obscure darker-brown blotches; chin and throat white, often with brown markings.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FF60FCFD346D754D" box="[199,565,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">Comparisons with other species</emphasis>
.—Among Melanesian
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,
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</emphasis>
is easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FA26FCFD36BE7528" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. baliola</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FF52FCA137007528" box="[245,344,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. barea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FEC1FCA137AF7528" box="[358,503,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. insulensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FDA1FCA134E87528" box="[518,688,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. interstitialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC4A8005FD19FCA135757528" authorityName="Andersson" authorityYear="1913" box="[702,813,835,861]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="252" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lampei">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FD19FCA135757528" box="[702,813,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. lampei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC4A8005FC9BFCA135E27528" authorityName="Brongersma" authorityYear="1930" box="[828,954,835,861]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="252" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leopoldi">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FC9BFCA135E27528" box="[828,954,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. leopoldi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC4A8005FC5FFCA132257529" authorityName="Meyer" authorityYear="1874" box="[1016,1149,835,861]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="252" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="papuana">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FC5FFCA132257529" box="[1016,1149,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. papuana</emphasis>
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by having undivided (vs. divided) subapical lamellae under the toes.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FDDDFC85356775F4" box="[634,831,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">Gehyra aquilonia</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FC75FC8535B575F4" box="[978,1005,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G.</emphasis>
cf.
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</taxonomicName>
in having extensive webbing between the digits (vs. absent or only basal in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FD14FC69349775D0" box="[691,719,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FD59FC69356675D0" box="[766,830,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FC3FFC69327A75D1" box="[920,1058,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. oceanica</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FBF9FC69334975D0" box="[1118,1297,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. serraticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its much larger size (
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=
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vs. ≤
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in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FD73FC4D350575BD" box="[724,861,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. oceanica</emphasis>
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and
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in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FBAAFC4D329875BC" box="[1037,1216,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. serraticauda</emphasis>
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), presence of well-developed skin folds on trunk and anterior of arm (vs. absent in
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and
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FB81FC3132807598" box="[1062,1240,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. serraticauda</emphasis>
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), and in having a single row of enlarged subcaudals (vs. small, subequal subcaudals in multiple rows in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FBECFC1532897265" box="[1099,1233,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. oceanica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and a tail lacking lateral serrations (vs. tail with lateral serrations in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FD6AFBF935277240" box="[717,895,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. serraticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC4A8005FC72FBF932347241" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1887" box="[981,1132,1051,1077]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="252" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marginata">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FC72FBF932347241" box="[981,1132,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. marginata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a rounded tail in cross section (vs. flattened in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FE4DFBDD34DA722D" box="[490,642,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. marginata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), a single row of enlarged subcaudals (vs. small, subequal subcaudals in multiple rows in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FEDCFB81344B7209" box="[379,531,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. marginata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and fewer
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4 lamellae (1622 vs.
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); from
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in having fewer
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4 lamellae (1622 vs.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FD1DFB65357972D4" box="[698,801,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. rohan</emphasis>
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), homogeneous (vs. heterogeneous in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FB79FB65331D72D4" box="[1246,1349,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. rohan</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) dorsal scales, elongate (vs. short in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FE79FB49341B72B0" box="[478,579,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. rohan</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) postmentals, and brown (vs. orange in
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC4A8005FBACFB49322872B0" authorityName="Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor &amp; Jocque" authorityYear="2016" box="[1035,1136,1195,1221]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="252" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rohan">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FBACFB49322872B0" box="[1035,1136,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. rohan</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) scales encircling the eye; and from
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC4A8005FEA3FB2D373F729D" authorityName="Beckon" authorityYear="1992" box="[260,359,1231,1257]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="252" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vorax">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FEA3FB2D373F729D" box="[260,359,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. vorax</emphasis>
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in its smaller size (up to
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vs. up to
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in
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), fewer precloacal/femoral pores (4347 vs.
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), and fewer
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4 lamellae (1622 vs.
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).
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<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC4A8005FF60FAF537CE7344" authorityName="Kraus" authorityYear="2024" box="[199,406,1303,1329]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="252" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilonia">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FF60FAF537CE7344" box="[199,406,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">Gehyra aquilonia</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FDE1FAF5351A7344" box="[582,834,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. membranacruralis</emphasis>
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in having elongate postmentals (vs. short in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FA26FAF5373F7320" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. membranacruralis</emphasis>
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), a prominent antecubital skin fold (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FC3AFAD932C87320" box="[925,1168,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. membranacruralis</emphasis>
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), a prominent skin fold on trunk (vs. weakly developed in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FD8EFABD3546730C" box="[553,798,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. membranacruralis</emphasis>
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), wider head (
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/HL = 0.750.92 vs.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FA26FABD373F73E8" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. membranacruralis</emphasis>
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), the enlarged scales anterior to the pore-bearing series extending laterally ~10 scales on either side of the pore series apex before transitioning abruptly to small scales (vs. the enlarged scales decreasing gradually in size away from the apex of the pore series, with no abrupt transition in size in
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), usually four postnasals (vs. three in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FE04FA0D34CE707C" box="[419,662,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. membranacruralis</emphasis>
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), and dorsal coloration of varying shades of brown (vs. pale yellow gray in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FF4AF9F137877058" box="[237,479,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. membranacruralis</emphasis>
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).
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<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC4A8005FF60F9D537C07024" authorityName="Kraus" authorityYear="2024" box="[199,408,1591,1617]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="252" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilonia">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FF60F9D537C07024" box="[199,408,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">Gehyra aquilonia</emphasis>
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is most similar morphologically to
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FCF4F9D532797024" box="[851,1057,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. georgpotthasti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FBC3F9D533477024" box="[1124,1311,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. chrysopeleia</emphasis>
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. It differs from the former in having postmentals that are not as elongate (approximately twice as long as wide vs. three times longer than wide in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FE61F99D34C870EC" box="[454,656,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. georgpotthasti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), fewer T4 lamellae (1622, mean 19.2 vs. 1830, mean
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), and distinct dermal folds on the sides of the body (vs. indistinct in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FBC4F941337570C8" box="[1123,1325,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. georgpotthasti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FAE0F941375D7094" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">Gehyra aquilonia</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FE02F92534057094" box="[421,605,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. chrysopeleia</emphasis>
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in its somewhat smaller size (SVL = 108134 vs.
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in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FA26F92537717170" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. chrysopeleia</emphasis>
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); all postsupranasals small, with all &lt;&lt;50% size of supranasal (vs. one postsupranasal&gt;50% size of supranasal in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FE91F8ED37B4715C" box="[310,492,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. chrysopeleia</emphasis>
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); typically four postnasals (vs. three in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FC1DF8ED3237715C" box="[954,1135,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. chrysopeleia</emphasis>
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); and dorsal coloration of varying shades of brown (vs. pale yellow gray in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FD68F8D135DC7138" box="[719,900,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. chrysopeleia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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As seen for
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FEFEF8B534127104" box="[345,586,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">Gehyra chrysopeleia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FDFBF8B534B77104" box="[604,751,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. aquilonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most easily visualized as different from the other large species
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FF54F899370071E1" box="[243,344,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. vorax</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4A8005FE33F899340671E0" box="[404,606,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="252">G. georgpotthasti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in bivariate space by contrasting numbers of T4 lamellae and numbers of precloacal/femoral pores for males (
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). This serves to supplement the comparisons among these species noted earlier.
</paragraph>
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Description of
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.—A mature male of large size (SVL = 130.0 mm) with a right-lateral incision behind the pectoral region; liver removed; left arm missing. Head relatively long (HL/SVL = 0.23) and wide (HW/HL = 0.83), distinct from neck. Loreal region slightly inflated; no distinct canthus rostralis. Top of snout and area above central supralabials shallowly concave. Snout tapered and rounded at tip, relatively long (SN/HL = 0.51), more than twice eye diameter (SN/EY = 2.2). Eye of modest size (EY/HL = 0.23, EY/EN = 0.54); pupil vertical, narrowly constricted into slit; anterior supraciliaries slightly larger than adjacent granules, posterior ones subequal to adjacent granules. Ear opening small (Ear/HL = 0.028), narrowly compressed dorsoventrally; distance between ear and eye half again as large as eye diameter (EE/EY = 1.5). Rostral almost twice as wide (
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) as high (
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), highest just medial to nares, lower medially; length
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. Supranasals separated by single large internasal along posterior rostral margin. Rostral in contact with first supralabials, two supranasals, and one internasal. External nares circular; each bordered by rostral, single supranasal, first supralabial, and four postnasals. Supranasal bordered posteriorly by three (R) or five (L) small postsupranasals, all &lt;&lt;50% size of supranasal (
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). Mental triangular,
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wide, rear margin scalloped. Mental bordered posteriorly by two elongate postmentals that are longer than mental (
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), these each bordered posteriorly by two round scales larger than those on chin. Postmentals bordered laterally by shorter elongate subinfralabials, gradually decreasing in size posteriorly. First infralabial bordered below by single subinfralabial, second infralabial by two subinfralabials, and third and fourth infralabials by three subinfralabials; infralabials 59 bordered below by two rows of smaller subinfralabials that are still much larger than adjacent chin granules. Supralabials to mid-orbital position 13 on each side; four (R) or three (L) small supralabials posterior to this; angle of jaw bordered with granular scales. Infralabials 13 on right, 14 on left.
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<paragraph id="23124E29AC4B8004FF60FCDC37FF7593" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2035]" pageId="13" pageNumber="253">Body of fairly robust habitus (TrL/SVL = 0.43), slightly depressed. Dorsal scales on head, body, limbs, and throat small juxtaposed granules, smaller on neck, head, and limbs, largest on sides and dorsum; tubercles absent. Ventral scales larger, flat, smooth, subimbricate, larger midventrally, gradually decreasing in size laterally to become granular. Well-developed lateral skin fold present on trunk; popliteal and antecubital skin folds prominent; no dermal fold on rear of forelimb.</paragraph>
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Enlarged precloacal/femoral scales in single series of 43 scales extending in a curved chevron to center of each thigh (
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), each containing a single pore, pores larger medially; thigh scales anterior to this row flat, subimbricate, much larger than those posterior to row, which are round and subimbricate to granular; enlarged scales anterior to pore-bearing series extending laterally approximately ten (R) or six (L) scales from apex of pore series before transitioning abruptly to small scales. Enlarged, imbricate scales form a pubic patch between precloacal series and vent, decreasing in size posteriorly; 13 scales in a row between apex of enlarged precloacal series and vent, first nine large, last four rows tiny, granular. Scales under arms granular, those under hindlimbs enlarged, flat, imbricate; scales on palms and soles rounded, flattened, smooth, subimbricate.
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Fore- and hindlimbs well-developed (FA/SVL = 0.10, CS/SVL = 0.13). Digits well-developed, with broad pads on toes (T4W/T4L = 0.45), all but first fingers with recurved claws; clawed terminal phalanges on all digits except T1 laterally compressed, free above, arising from toe pad, inset from its margin, extending slightly beyond it; claw on T1 small, terminal, extending slightly beyond toe-pad margin. Subdigital lamellae narrow and smooth, all undivided, most forming a shallowly curved chevron medially (
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); lamellae extend for more than half length of each toe (T4lamellaeL/T4L = 0.61). Lamellae of manus 15-16-18-18-17 on right; of pes 13-20-18-18-18 on right, 14-18-20-20-19 on left. Relative lengths of digits on manus and pes I &lt;II &lt;III &lt;V &lt;IV. Webbing present between all digits, about the same between T3, T4, and T5 (T3T4webL/T4L = 0.29, T4T5webL/T4L = 0.28).
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Original tail
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, regenerated tail
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, dorsoventrally compressed but not flat, no lateral serrations. Tail with small subimbricate scales dorsally; under tail with single midventral row of enlarged, flat, imbricate subcaudals, bordered laterally by much smaller, flat, subimbricate scales that decrease in size laterally and dorsally (
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); subcaudals under regenerated tail wider and thinner than those on original tail. Cloacal sacs swollen, with single external orifice situated near each lateral margin of vent; three (R) or two (L) slightly enlarged, blunt postcloacal spurs on each side of tailbase; midventral scales of sac flat, subimbricate, larger posteriorly, slightly larger than those ventrolaterally.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC4B8004FF60F8C437EC7135" box="[199,436,1830,1856]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="253">Color in preservative</emphasis>
: Dorsal ground color on body, head, and limbs light brown, irregularly marked with dark-brown blotches and ragged spots and flecks, with black flecks on nape, between hindlimbs, and on anterior tail; dark markings concentrated into four vague large blotches from nape to between hindlimbs. Original tail as for trunk; regenerated tail darker brown. Labials and rostral heavily dusted with dark brown. Venter white, heavily marked with brown flecks on chin and throat; palms and soles same as venter; lamellae under expanded portions of digits gray. Iris pale tan heavily veined with dark brown.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC488007FF30F918374A7167" bold="true" box="[151,274,1786,1810]" pageId="14" pageNumber="254">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Details of holotype of
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, BPBM
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34745. (A) close-up of snout showing supranasal (SN) with small postsupranasals behind it, (B) chin, (C) left foot, and (D) precloacal/femoral pore series. Scale bars = 5 mm.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC488007FF60F86A370E71D7" box="[199,342,1928,1954]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="254">Color in life</emphasis>
.—Field notes for the
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read “Dorsum brown with 5 obscure darker-brown blotches on body, giving it a rather mottled appearance. Iris tan veined with dark brown. Venter yellow, paler laterally and on throat, lemon yellow medially.” A photo of this animal (
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) also shows the ground color to be darker middorsally than dorsolaterally or laterally, with several scattered, tiny dark-brown spots on the dorsum, a very dark-brown field on the posterior of the head and nape, a whitish postocular stripe, whitish loreal spot, and a whitish field behind the dark-brown blotch on the nape.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC498006FF60FEE137977768" box="[199,463,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="255">Measurements (in mm)</emphasis>
.—SVL = 130.0, TrL = 55.3, FA = 13.3, CS = 17.3, HL = 29.3, HW = 24.4, HH = 14.4, Ear = 3.7, EE = 9.8, EY = 6.7, SN = 14.9, EN = 12.4, IN = 5.5, T4L = 15.3, T4W = 6.9, T4lamellaeL = 9.3, T3T4webL = 4.5, T4T5webL = 4.3, mass in life =
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.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC498006FF60FE8D377777FD" box="[199,303,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="255">Variation</emphasis>
.—Males are larger than females (SVL =
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vs.
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). Greatest mensural variation of importance is in snout length, toe width, and the extent of toe webbing, which extends approximately one-third the length of T4 between that toe and T3 and one-fifth to one-quarter the length of T4 between that toe and T5 (
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). Meristically, variation in numbers of lamellae under the toes is rather high (1622 under T4, 1116 under T1). Variation in numbers of supralabials and infralabials is also rather large (
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). Numbers of enlarged precloacal/femoral scales varies from 4350, and precloacal/femoral pores in undamaged males from 4347. The number of internasals varies from zero to three, postnasals are three or four, and most specimens have six granular scales bordering the posterior margin of the postmentals (
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). The enlarged row of subcaudal scales varies significantly in size and shape. The three animals from Lumi, Torricelli Mts. (AMNH 10008890) have thinner and wider subcaudals on the regenerated portions of their tails than on the basal original tails of the same specimens.
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Dorsal color pattern for most specimens is generally uniform pale brown; however, AMNH 95216 is reddish brown, and BPBM 34745 and AMNH 100089 have a head band and wide body bands that are darker than the remainder of dorsum. AMNH 100089 also has five bands of large beige spots across the body and base of tail, and AMNH 100090 has two narrow dark-brown bands across the nape.All specimens have labials heavily suffused with brown, with darker specimens having more brown suffusion. All specimens are white or white with a faint yellow cast ventrally, and three have a small amount of brown dusting on the chin and angle of jaw, with the
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having the most.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC498006FF60FC3137677598" box="[199,319,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="255">Etymology</emphasis>
.—The species name is the feminine Latin adjective meaning “northern” in recognition of the distribution of this species across the foothills of the northern coastal mountain ranges of
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.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC498006FF60FBF937577241" box="[199,271,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="255">Range</emphasis>
.—Known from several localities along the north-coast ranges of
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, from near sea level to ~
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a.s.l. (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC498006FF30F84D374A71B2" bold="true" box="[151,274,1967,1991]" pageId="15" pageNumber="255">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Map of Papua New Guinea showing collecting localities for
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC498006FCDEF84D327471B2" box="[889,1068,1967,1991]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="255">Gehyra aquilonia</emphasis>
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along its northern coast. Solid circle = type locality; open circles = additional localities.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC568019FF60FF75377B76C4" box="[199,291,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="256">Ecology</emphasis>
.—The
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came from lowland rainforest in the vicinity of a stream. The
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were collected near villages, suggesting that they may have come from secondary forests. All animals have been found in foothill forest.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC568019FF60FEE137717768" box="[199,297,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="256">Remarks</emphasis>
.—As also seen in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC568019FDA7FEE134B47768" box="[512,748,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="256">Gehyra chrysopeleia</emphasis>
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, the skin on the underside of the forearms in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC568019FB54FEE133D97768" box="[1267,1409,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="256">G. aquilonia</emphasis>
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is relatively loose and expansive, giving it a “baggy” appearance, and this can result in the impression of either an antecubital skin fold, a postcubital skin fold, or both, depending on how the specimen was arranged during fixing. Irrespective of this appearance in any particular specimen, this feature clearly serves to distinguish
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC568019FAABFE8D33C477FC" box="[1292,1436,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="256">G. aquilonia</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC568019FF72FE71379F77D8" box="[213,455,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="256">G. membranacruralis</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph id="23124E29AC568019FF60FE5534807448" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,573]" pageId="16" pageNumber="256">
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Heinicke
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC568019FE88FE55373B77A4" box="[303,355,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="256">et al.</emphasis>
(2011:588
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, 592)included in their phylogenetic tree of
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: same data as holotype (
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same data as holotype except collected
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(
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,
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(
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)
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;
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,
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,
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a.s.l.
</elevation>
,
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(
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,
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,
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,
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,
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a.s.l.
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<collectingDate id="47579101AC50801FFBF5FAD23285733F" box="[1106,1245,1328,1355]" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" value="2004-05-05">5 May 2004</collectingDate>
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(
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<collectingMunicipality id="C376D453AC50801FFF30FAB63718731B" box="[151,320,1364,1390]" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">Misima Island</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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,
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,
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(
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,
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,
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,
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(
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.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFF60FA7F376373C3" box="[199,315,1437,1462]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.—A medium-sized (
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of adult males 68.083.0 mm, of adult females 53.077.0 mm) species of
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFF1FFA22375573AF" box="[184,269,1472,1498]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">Gehyra</emphasis>
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having entirely undivided subterminal lamellae on all toes; 1115
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4 lamellae; 1015
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1 lamellae; moderate amount of webbing between all toes (
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3
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4webL/
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4L = 0.170.31,
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4
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5webL/
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4L = 0.080.19); long snout (SN/HL = 0.460.51, EN/HL = 0.370.42); narrow head (
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/HL = 0.730.86); 3856 enlarged precloacal/femoral scales; 2855 precloacal/femoral pores in a continuous chevron; a medial row of enlarged subcaudal scales with some smaller scales interspersed; tail depressed, flattened, lacking lateral serrations; skin folds absent on trunk and forearms; popliteal skin fold absent (n = 13) or small (n = 2); elongate postmentals; 16 scales in posterior contact with postmentals; three postnasals; all postsupranasal scales small, with none&gt;50% size of supranasal; dorsal color pattern of large, dark-brown, anastomozing maculations on a medium-brown or yellow-brown ground color.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFF60F8E6346C716B" box="[199,564,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">Comparisons with other species</emphasis>
.—Among Melanesian
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,
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is easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFF30F8CA37527137" box="[151,266,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. baliola</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFEBEF8CA37257137" box="[281,381,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. barea</emphasis>
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,
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFD4FF8CA350F7137" box="[744,855,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. lampei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFCC0F8CA35BE7137" box="[871,998,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. leopoldi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC50801FFB81F8CA32F37137" authorityName="Meyer" authorityYear="1874" box="[1062,1195,1832,1858]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="papuana">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFB81F8CA32F37137" box="[1062,1195,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. papuana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having undivided (vs. divided) subapical lamellae under the toes.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFD17F8AE35C67113" box="[688,926,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">Gehyra louisiadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC50801FFB94F8AE32E27113" baseAuthorityName="Macleay" baseAuthorityYear="1877" box="[1075,1210,1868,1894]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFB94F8AE32177113" box="[1075,1103,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFBDDF8AE32E27113" box="[1146,1210,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having extensive webbing between the digits (vs. absent or only basal in
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC50801FFCAAF89235CD71FF" baseAuthorityName="Macleay" baseAuthorityYear="1877" box="[781,917,1904,1930]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFCAAF892357071FF" box="[781,808,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFCF2F89235CD71FF" box="[853,917,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC50801FFC4BF89232C671FF" box="[1004,1182,1904,1930]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysopeleia">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFC4BF89232C671FF" box="[1004,1182,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. chrysopeleia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC50801FFB0AF892332A71FF" authorityName="Flecks, Schmitz, Bohme, Henkel &amp; Ineich" authorityYear="2012" box="[1197,1394,1904,1930]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="georgpotthasti">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFB0AF892332A71FF" box="[1197,1394,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. georgpotthasti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC50801FFA26F892375371DB" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1887" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marginata">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFA26F892375371DB" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. marginata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC50801FFEBEF876345371DB" box="[281,523,1940,1966]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="membranacruralis">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFEBEF876345371DB" box="[281,523,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. membranacruralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC50801FFDEEF87634F571DB" authorityName="Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor &amp; Jocque" authorityYear="2016" box="[585,685,1940,1966]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rohan">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFDEEF87634F571DB" box="[585,685,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. rohan</emphasis>
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by its much smaller size (up to
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<collectionCode id="45BCD6ECAC50801FFBCEF87632C571DB" box="[1129,1181,1940,1966]" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">SVL</collectionCode>
in
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC50801FFB66F876332D71DB" authorityName="Kraus" authorityYear="2024" box="[1217,1397,1940,1966]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="louisiadensis">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFB66F876332D71DB" box="[1217,1397,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. louisiadensis</emphasis>
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vs.&gt;
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in those other species), lack of popliteal and antecubital skin folds (vs. prominent skin folds in those other species), and fewer
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4 lamellae (1115 vs.
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those other species); and from
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC50801FFBE8F83E33597183" box="[1103,1281,2012,2038]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="22" pageNumber="262" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serraticauda">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC50801FFBE8F83E33597183" box="[1103,1281,2012,2038]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="262">G. serraticauda</emphasis>
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in its smaller size (up to
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vs.
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<collectionCode id="45BCD6ECAC51801EFD84FF75340F76C4" box="[547,599,151,177]" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">SVL</collectionCode>
in
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFDDBFF75357576C4" box="[636,813,151,177]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serraticauda">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFDDBFF75357576C4" box="[636,813,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. serraticauda</emphasis>
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), absence of lateral serrations on the tail (vs. present in
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFF30FF59371176A0" box="[151,329,187,213]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serraticauda">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFF30FF59371176A0" box="[151,329,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. serraticauda</emphasis>
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), and dorsum boldly maculated with dark brown (vs. dorsum gray with or without red markings in
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFF30FF3D3710768C" box="[151,328,223,249]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serraticauda">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFF30FF3D3710768C" box="[151,328,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. serraticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFF60FEE137EF7768" authorityName="Kraus" authorityYear="2024" box="[199,439,259,285]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="louisiadensis">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFF60FEE137EF7768" box="[199,439,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">Gehyra louisiadensis</emphasis>
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is most similar to
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFD32FEE135477769" authorityName="Goldberg, Bursey &amp; Kraus" authorityYear="2010" box="[661,799,259,285]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oceanica">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFD32FEE135477769" box="[661,799,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. oceanica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFCFCFEE132497768" box="[859,1041,259,285]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculicincta">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFCFCFEE132497768" box="[859,1041,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It differs from
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFB69FEE133007769" authorityName="Goldberg, Bursey &amp; Kraus" authorityYear="2010" box="[1230,1368,259,285]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oceanica">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFB69FEE133007769" box="[1230,1368,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. oceanica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its generally smaller size (up to
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<collectionCode id="45BCD6ECAC51801EFD93FEC534307734" box="[564,616,295,321]" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">SVL</collectionCode>
vs. up to
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in
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFCFFFEC535B87735" authorityName="Goldberg, Bursey &amp; Kraus" authorityYear="2010" box="[856,992,295,321]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oceanica">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFCFFFEC535B87735" box="[856,992,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. oceanica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), fewer
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4 lamellae (1115, mean 13.8 vs. 1319, mean
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157 Polynesian
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFDCEFEA934AA7711" authorityName="Goldberg, Bursey &amp; Kraus" authorityYear="2010" box="[617,754,331,357]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oceanica">
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</taxonomicName>
, 1520, mean
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80 Micronesian
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFB0AFEA9336E7711" authorityName="Goldberg, Bursey &amp; Kraus" authorityYear="2010" box="[1197,1334,331,357]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oceanica">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFB0AFEA9336E7711" box="[1197,1334,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. oceanica</emphasis>
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); medial row of enlarged subcaudal scales (vs. subcaudals small and subequal in
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFC72FE8D320677FD" authorityName="Goldberg, Bursey &amp; Kraus" authorityYear="2010" box="[981,1118,367,393]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oceanica">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFC72FE8D320677FD" box="[981,1118,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. oceanica</emphasis>
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); and color pattern of large dark-brown maculations on a lighter-brown ground (vs. dorsum uniform gray, brown, or with small scattered spots but not boldly maculated in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFE69FE55340D77A5" box="[462,597,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. oceanica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). These meristic differences are most clear in a bivariate plot of numbers of precloacal/femoral pores vs. numbers of
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4 lamellae (
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).
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<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFF60FE1D37EC746C" authorityName="Kraus" authorityYear="2024" box="[199,436,511,537]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="louisiadensis">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFF60FE1D37EC746C" box="[199,436,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">Gehyra louisiadensis</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFDEFFE1D34A3746C" box="[584,763,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
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in its larger size (up to
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SVL vs. up to
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in
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFA26FE1D37707448" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculicincta">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFA26FE1D37707448" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), greater number of T4 lamellae (1115, mean 13.8 vs. 1113, mean
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFB23FDC133607448" box="[1156,1336,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), greater number of T1 lamellae (1015, mean 11.8 vs. 811, mean
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFCF9FDA532487414" box="[862,1040,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), medial row of enlarged subcaudal scales (vs. subcaudals small and subequal in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFD21FD89356074F0" box="[646,824,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
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), relatively narrower head (HW/HL = 0.730.86, mean 0.80 vs. 0.800.94, mean
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<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC51801EFDB4FD6D349F74DC" box="[531,711,655,681]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="23" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculicincta">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFDB4FD6D349F74DC" box="[531,711,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
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), and dorsum with large dark-brown maculations on a medium-brown or yellow-brown ground color (vs. dorsum with alternating bands of bold dark-brown and pale yellow-tan spots in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC51801EFF52FD3537F07484" box="[245,424,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="263">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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Description of
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.—A mature male of medium size (SVL =
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) with a right-lateral incision behind the pectoral region; liver removed for molecular studies and most viscera removed for prior parasite studies. Head relatively long (HL/SVL = 0.23) and narrow (HW/HL = 0.83), distinct from neck (
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). Loreal region slightly inflated; no distinct canthus rostralis. Top of snout concave, area behind nares shallowly concave. Snout tapered and rounded at tip, relatively long (SN/HL = 0.48), almost twice eye diameter (SN/EY = 1.9). Eye of modest size (EY/HL = 0.26, EY/EN = 0.65); pupil vertical, constricted into four lobes; anterior supraciliaries slightly larger than adjacent granules and posterior supraciliaries, remainder subequal to adjacent granules. Ear opening of moderate size (Ear/HL = 0.095), squarish; distance between ear and eye one-third again as large as eye diameter (EE/EY = 1.3). Rostral approximately half again as wide (3.0 mm) as high (
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), highest medial to supranasals, lower medially, with medial suture on dorsal quarter; length 1.0 mm. Single large internasal separates supranasals, with smaller internasal between this and rostral. Rostral in contact with first supralabials, two supranasals, and two internasals (narrow contact only with larger, posterior internasal). External nares circular; each bordered by rostral, single supranasal, first supralabial, and three postnasals. Each supranasal bordered posteriorly by three (R) or four (L) small postsupranasals, all &lt;&lt;50% size of supranasal. Mental triangular,
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wide, rear margin slightly scalloped. Mental bordered posteriorly by two elongate postmentals that are longer than mental (
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), these each bordered posteriorly by two round scales slightly larger than chin granules. Two shorter subinfralabials lie sequentially lateral to each postmental, decreasing in size posteriorly. First infralabial bordered below by postmental and first subinfralabial, second by both subinfralabials and a smaller round scale, and third by four small scales; subinfralabials behind this increasingly smaller, becoming granular posteriorly. Supralabials to mid-orbital position nine on each side; four tiny supralabials posterior to this; angle of jaw bordered with granular scales. Infralabials ten on each side.
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Enlarged precloacal/femoral scales in series of 26 scales on right side (absent from left), containing 24 pores extending in a curve from center of precloacal region to center of thigh (
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), pores larger medially, smaller laterally; thigh scales anterior to this row flat, subimbricate, larger than those immediately posterior to row; enlarged scales anterior to pore-bearing series extending laterally along most of length of pore series but decreasing in size near lateral end of pore series. Enlarged, imbricate scales form a pubic patch between precloacal series and vent, smaller anteriorly, larger posterior to that, then decreasing slightly in size posteriorly to vent; 1213 scales in a row between apex of enlarged precloacal series and vent. Scales under arms flat, small, subimbricate; those under hindlimbs larger, flat, imbricate; scales on palms and soles granular to subimbricate.
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Fore- and hindlimbs well-developed (FA/SVL = 0.11, CS/SVL = 0.13). Digits well-developed, with broad pads on toes (T4W/T4L = 0.46), all but first fingers with well-developed recurved claws; clawed terminal phalanges on all digits except T1 laterally compressed, free above, arising from toe pad, inset from its margin, extending slightly beyond it; claw on T1 small, terminal, extending slightly beyond toe-pad margin. Subdigital lamellae narrow and smooth, all undivided, most forming a shallowly curved chevron medially (
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); lamellae extend for two-thirds length of each toe (T4lamellaeL/T4L = 0.65). Lamellae of manus 12-13-14-13-13 on right, 12-13-14-14-13 on left; of pes 13-14-14-15-15 on right, 13-13-15-15-15 on left. Relative lengths of digits on manus and pes I &lt;II &lt;III &lt;V &lt;IV. Webbing present between all digits, reduced on hands, most extensive between T3 and T4 (T3T4webL/T4L = 0.22, T4T5webL/T4L = 0.19).
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5E8011FF30F85E377871A1" bold="true" box="[151,288,1980,2004]" pageId="24" pageNumber="264">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Details of holotype of
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, BPBM
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19763. (A) head, (B) chin, (C) left foot, and (D) precloacal/ femoral pore series. Scale bars = 5 mm.
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Tail relatively long (TL/SVL = 0.68), wide (TW/SVL = 0.11) and flattened, no lateral serrations; approximately
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of tip missing. Tail constricted slightly just behind cloacal sacs, denoting fracture plane, but scale size and arrangement and coloration continuous on either side of this constriction, suggesting tail is original. Dorsally, tail with granules anteriorly, becoming slightly larger and subimbricate posteriorly; under tail with midventral row of enlarged hexagonal scales and smaller scales laterally (
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); lateral scales decreasing in size laterally and posteriorly. Cloacal sacs swollen, with single oblong external orifice situated near each lateral margin of vent; four slightly enlarged, blunt postcloacal spurs on each side of tailbase; midventral scales of sac flat, subimbricate, larger posteriorly, slightly larger than those ventrolaterally.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5F8010FF60FE5537EF77A5" box="[199,439,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">Color in preservative</emphasis>
: Dorsal ground color on body, head, limbs, and tail medium brown, with small, slightly darker-brown scattered flecks. Supralabials medium brown; infralabials pale whitish yellow with brown punctations. Ventral surfaces pale whitish yellow heavily punctated with brown, less densely mid-ventrally. Lamellae below expanded portions of digits brown. Iris pale gold around margins, brown around pupil, with brown veins.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5F8010FF60FDA537907414" box="[199,456,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">Measurements (in mm)</emphasis>
.—SVL = 72.5, TrL = 31.2, FA = 8.3, CS = 9.2, HL = 16.8, HW = 13.9, HH = 7.3, Ear = 1.6, EE = 5.4, EY = 4.3, SN = 8.1, EN = 6.6, IN = 3.0, T4L = 6.3, T4W = 2.9, T4lamellaeL = 4.1, T3T4webL = 1.4, T4T5webL = 1.2.
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5F8010FF60FD51377774B9" box="[199,303,691,716]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">Variation</emphasis>
.—Males are larger than females (SVL of adult males 68.083.0 mm, of adult females 53.077.0 mm). As for
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5F8010FE8EFD35344D7484" box="[297,533,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">Gehyra maculicincta</emphasis>
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,
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develops a number of wide but thin subcaudals in regenerated tails (e.g., BPBM 17222, 19760);
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(BPBM 19766) has a mix of thin, widened subcaudals with smaller interspersed scales. Nonetheless, there is still a medial row of enlarged subcaudals in original tails (
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), with the subcaudals not being as wide or thin as is seen in regenerated tails, nor being small and subequal, as seen in
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5F8010FF30FC85371675F4" box="[151,334,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5F8010FEDCFC85345E75F5" box="[379,518,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">G. oceanica</emphasis>
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. Even by the friable tail standards seen within
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,
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5F8010FB3BFC85330C75F4" box="[1180,1364,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">G. louisiadensis</emphasis>
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has a remarkable number of missing or damaged tails: nine of
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lack tails (with the break in each being at the post-cloacal cleavage plane), and two others have clearly regenerated portions of their tails, leaving only four that retain original tails.
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Variation in numbers of precloacal/femoral pores in males is striking, varying from
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series that are complete; two incomplete series (left side damaged or missing in each) include 24 and 36 pores. Precloacal/femoral pores lie within scales that decrease gradually in size laterally and are not greatly different from scale rows anterior to that, so it is impossible to arrive at a reliable count of scales in the pore-bearing series in females or in males having fewer pores. Other mensural and meristic differences between the sexes seem minor (
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).
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In preservative, many specimens are a uniform brown, but BPBM 19761 also has patches of gray mottling, BPBM 19762 has many tiny brown flecks, BPBM 17222 and BPBM 19759 have dark dorsal markings that are faded anteriorly, and BPBM 17219, 19760, and 1976465 have a mixture of some pale spots and dark-brown markings, especially anteriorly. Venters vary in degree of brown punctation, with BPBM 19760 and 19764 having extensive punctation and appearing brown to the naked eye, whereas BPBM 17220 and 17222 have very little, appearing white to the naked eye. Irises of all
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appear brown, with many showing little of the underlying gold background, though a few do; none has the distinct separation of the gold and brown into separate fields as seen in the
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.
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<paragraph id="23124E29AC5F8010FF60FA29342A70EC" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5F8010FF60FA29370A7390" box="[199,338,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">Color in life</emphasis>
.—Field notes for BPBM 17218 recorded the animal as light ashy gray with a pale lemon-yellow venter and tan iris. Color pattern of BPBM 17219, as determined from photographs, comprised a network of dark-brown maculations on a medium-brown ground color, with paler, off-white markings behind the eye and a tan iris. BPBM 19764 was similar though with the dark-brown markings more arrayed in bands across the dorsum and with the markings on the head and neck comprising pale-brown spots and the dark-brown markings arrayed as lines anterior and posterior to the eye (
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).
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5F8010FF60F941376770C8" box="[199,319,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">Etymology</emphasis>
.—The species is named in recognition of its restriction to the Louisiade Archipelago of
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.
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<subSubSection id="6BB71DA2AC5F8010FF60F90932B27138" pageId="25" pageNumber="265" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="23124E29AC5F8010FF60F90932B27138" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5F8010FF60F90937577171" box="[199,271,1771,1796]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="265">Range</emphasis>
.—Known from Misima, Sudest, and Rossel Islands, the three main islands of the Louisiade Archipelago (
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); it is likely to range across the islands of the Calvado Chain, which all lie within the fringing reef that surrounds Sudest and this island chain. It is currently known to occur from sea level to
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.—All but two animals came from the environs of villages. Habitat in these instances was either gardens or disturbed secondary forest. One animal from Misima and another from Sudest came from inland primary rainforest, the former at
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Mensural and meristic data for the type series of
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<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FF26340C76AF" box="[466,596,196,218]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">Males (n = 8)</th>
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FF26320476AF" box="[965,1116,196,218]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">Females (n = 7)</th>
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<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FF16340C777C" box="[466,596,244,265]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">Mean</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFF16351C777C" box="[716,836,244,265]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">Range</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FF163204777C" box="[965,1116,244,265]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">Mean</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FF16336F777C" box="[1215,1335,244,265]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">Range</td>
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<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FEC037F2774D" box="[159,426,290,312]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">SV</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FEC0340C774D" box="[466,596,290,312]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">74.4</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFEC0351C774D" box="[716,836,290,312]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">68.083.0</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FEC03204774D" box="[965,1116,290,312]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">68.6</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FEC0336F774D" box="[1215,1335,290,312]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">53.077.0</td>
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<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FEB337F27712" box="[159,426,337,359]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">HL</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FEB3340C7712" box="[466,596,337,359]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">17.4</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFEB3351C7712" box="[716,836,337,359]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">16.219.3</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FEB332047712" box="[965,1116,337,359]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">15.9</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FEB3336F7712" box="[1215,1335,337,359]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">13.217.3</td>
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<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FE62336F77E3" box="[159,1335,384,406]" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FE6237F277E3" box="[159,426,384,406]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">T4L</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FE62340C77E3" box="[466,596,384,406]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">7.0</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFE62351C77E3" box="[716,836,384,406]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">6.08.0</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FE62320477E3" box="[965,1116,384,406]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">6.7</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FE62336F77E3" box="[1215,1335,384,406]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">5.17.5</td>
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<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FE4D336F77B0" box="[159,1335,431,453]" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FE4D37F277B0" box="[159,426,431,453]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">TrunkL/SV</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FE4D340C77B0" box="[466,596,431,453]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.42</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFE4D351C77B0" box="[716,836,431,453]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.390.44</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FE4D320477B0" box="[965,1116,431,453]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.45</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FE4D336F77B0" box="[1215,1335,431,453]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.420.48</td>
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<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FE3C37F27781" box="[159,426,478,500]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">CrusL/SV</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FE3C340C7781" box="[466,596,478,500]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.14</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFE3C351C7781" box="[716,836,478,500]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.130.16</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FE3C32047781" box="[965,1116,478,500]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.14</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FE3C336F7781" box="[1215,1335,478,500]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.130.14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FDEF336F7456" box="[159,1335,525,547]" gridrow="7" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FDEF37F27456" box="[159,426,525,547]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">TailL/SV</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FDEF340C7456" box="[466,596,525,547]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.74</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFDEF351C7456" box="[716,836,525,547]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.680.78</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FDEF32047456" box="[965,1116,525,547]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.74</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FDEF336F7456" box="[1215,1335,525,547]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.600.86</td>
</tr>
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<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FDD937F27424" box="[159,426,571,593]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">TailW/SV</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FDD9340C7424" box="[466,596,571,593]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.12</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFDD9351C7424" box="[716,836,571,593]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.100.14</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FDD932047424" box="[965,1116,571,593]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.12</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FDD9336F7424" box="[1215,1335,571,593]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.120.13</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FD88336F74F5" box="[159,1335,618,640]" gridrow="9" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FD8837F274F5" box="[159,426,618,640]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">HL/SV</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FD88340C74F5" box="[466,596,618,640]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.23</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFD88351C74F5" box="[716,836,618,640]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.220.24</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FD88320474F5" box="[965,1116,618,640]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.23</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FD88336F74F5" box="[1215,1335,618,640]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.220.25</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FD7B336F74DA" box="[159,1335,665,687]" gridrow="10" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FD7B37F274DA" box="[159,426,665,687]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">HW/SV</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FD7B340C74DA" box="[466,596,665,687]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.19</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFD7B351C74DA" box="[716,836,665,687]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.180.20</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FD7B320474DA" box="[965,1116,665,687]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.18</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FD7B336F74DA" box="[1215,1335,665,687]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.170.19</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FD2A336F74A8" box="[159,1335,712,733]" gridrow="11" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FD2A37F274A8" box="[159,426,712,733]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">ForearmL/SV</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FD2A340C74A8" box="[466,596,712,733]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.12</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFD2A351C74A8" box="[716,836,712,733]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.110.13</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FD2A320474A8" box="[965,1116,712,733]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.12</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FD2A336F74A8" box="[1215,1335,712,733]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.120.13</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FD15336F7578" box="[159,1335,759,781]" gridrow="12" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FD1537F27578" box="[159,426,759,781]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">HW/HL</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FD15340C7578" box="[466,596,759,781]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.82</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFD15351C7578" box="[716,836,759,781]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.760.86</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FD1532047578" box="[965,1116,759,781]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.78</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FD15336F7578" box="[1215,1335,759,781]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.730.83</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FCC4336F754E" box="[159,1335,806,827]" gridrow="13" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FCC437F2754E" box="[159,426,806,827]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">EN/HL</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FCC4340C754E" box="[466,596,806,827]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.40</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFCC4351C754E" box="[716,836,806,827]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.390.42</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FCC43204754E" box="[965,1116,806,827]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.39</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FCC4336F754E" box="[1215,1335,806,827]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.370.40</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FCB7336F751E" box="[159,1335,853,875]" gridrow="14" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FCB737F2751E" box="[159,426,853,875]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">EarL/HL</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FCB7340C751E" box="[466,596,853,875]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.085</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFCB7351C751E" box="[716,836,853,875]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.0650.098</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FCB73204751E" box="[965,1116,853,875]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.075</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FCB7336F751E" box="[1215,1335,853,875]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.0580.088</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FC61336F75EC" box="[159,1335,899,921]" gridrow="15" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FC6137F275EC" box="[159,426,899,921]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">SN/HL</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FC61340C75EC" box="[466,596,899,921]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.48</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFC61351C75EC" box="[716,836,899,921]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.470.51</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FC61320475EC" box="[965,1116,899,921]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.48</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FC61336F75EC" box="[1215,1335,899,921]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.460.50</td>
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<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FC50336F75BD" box="[159,1335,946,968]" gridrow="16" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FC5037F275BD" box="[159,426,946,968]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">EY/HL</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FC50340C75BD" box="[466,596,946,968]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.24</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFC50351C75BD" box="[716,836,946,968]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.220.26</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FC50320475BD" box="[965,1116,946,968]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.25</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FC50336F75BD" box="[1215,1335,946,968]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.230.27</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FC03336F7583" box="[159,1335,993,1014]" gridrow="17" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FC0337F27583" box="[159,426,993,1014]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">T4L/SV</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FC03340C7583" box="[466,596,993,1014]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.094</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFC03351C7583" box="[716,836,993,1014]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.0840.101</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FC0332047583" box="[965,1116,993,1014]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.098</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FC03336F7583" box="[1215,1335,993,1014]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.094</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FBF2336F7253" box="[159,1335,1040,1062]" gridrow="18" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FBF237F27253" box="[159,426,1040,1062]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">T4W/T4L</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FBF2340C7253" box="[466,596,1040,1062]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.45</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFBF2351C7253" box="[716,836,1040,1062]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.410.50</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FBF232047253" box="[965,1116,1040,1062]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.43</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FBF2336F7253" box="[1215,1335,1040,1062]" gridcol="4" gridrow="18" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.41</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FBDD336F7220" box="[159,1335,1087,1109]" gridrow="19" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FBDD37F27220" box="[159,426,1087,1109]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">T4 scansor L/T4L</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FBDD340C7220" box="[466,596,1087,1109]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.62</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFBDD351C7220" box="[716,836,1087,1109]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.530.71</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FBDD32047220" box="[965,1116,1087,1109]" gridcol="3" gridrow="19" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.59</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FBDD336F7220" box="[1215,1335,1087,1109]" gridcol="4" gridrow="19" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.52</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FB8C336F72F1" box="[159,1335,1134,1156]" gridrow="20" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FB8C37F272F1" box="[159,426,1134,1156]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">T3T4 web L/T4L</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FB8C340C72F1" box="[466,596,1134,1156]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.24</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFB8C351C72F1" box="[716,836,1134,1156]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.190.31</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FB8C320472F1" box="[965,1116,1134,1156]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.22</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FB8C336F72F1" box="[1215,1335,1134,1156]" gridcol="4" gridrow="20" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.23</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FB7F336F72C6" box="[159,1335,1181,1203]" gridrow="21" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FB7F37F272C6" box="[159,426,1181,1203]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">T4T5 web L/T4L</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FB7F340C72C6" box="[466,596,1181,1203]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.13</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFB7F351C72C6" box="[716,836,1181,1203]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.090.19</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FB7F320472C6" box="[965,1116,1181,1203]" gridcol="3" gridrow="21" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.12</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FB7F336F72C6" box="[1215,1335,1181,1203]" gridcol="4" gridrow="21" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">0.13</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FB2E336F7297" box="[159,1335,1228,1250]" gridrow="22" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FB2E37F27297" box="[159,426,1228,1250]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">#T4 scansors</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FB2E340C7297" box="[466,596,1228,1250]" gridcol="1" gridrow="22" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">13.4</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFB2E351C7297" box="[716,836,1228,1250]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">1115</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FB2E32047297" box="[965,1116,1228,1250]" gridcol="3" gridrow="22" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">14.2</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FB2E336F7297" box="[1215,1335,1228,1250]" gridcol="4" gridrow="22" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">1315</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FB18336F7364" box="[159,1335,1274,1297]" gridrow="23" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FB1837F27364" box="[159,426,1274,1297]" gridcol="0" gridrow="23" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">#T1 scansors</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FB18340C7364" box="[466,596,1274,1297]" gridcol="1" gridrow="23" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">12.2</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFB18351C7364" box="[716,836,1274,1297]" gridcol="2" gridrow="23" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">1115</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FB1832047364" box="[965,1116,1274,1297]" gridcol="3" gridrow="23" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">11.6</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FB18336F7364" box="[1215,1335,1274,1297]" gridcol="4" gridrow="23" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">1013</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FACB336F734A" box="[159,1335,1321,1343]" gridrow="24" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FACB37F2734A" box="[159,426,1321,1343]" gridcol="0" gridrow="24" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">SL to mid-eye</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FACB340C734A" box="[466,596,1321,1343]" gridcol="1" gridrow="24" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">9.3</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFACB351C734A" box="[716,836,1321,1343]" gridcol="2" gridrow="24" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">810</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FACB3204734A" box="[965,1116,1321,1343]" gridcol="3" gridrow="24" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">9.6</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FACB336F734A" box="[1215,1335,1321,1343]" gridcol="4" gridrow="24" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">811</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FABA336F731B" box="[159,1335,1368,1390]" gridrow="25" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FABA37F2731B" box="[159,426,1368,1390]" gridcol="0" gridrow="25" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">infralabials</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FABA340C731B" box="[466,596,1368,1390]" gridcol="1" gridrow="25" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">9.8</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFABA351C731B" box="[716,836,1368,1390]" gridcol="2" gridrow="25" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">911</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FABA3204731B" box="[965,1116,1368,1390]" gridcol="3" gridrow="25" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">10.3</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FABA336F731B" box="[1215,1335,1368,1390]" gridcol="4" gridrow="25" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">912</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FA65336F73B4" box="[159,1335,1415,1473]" gridrow="26" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FA6537F273B4" box="[159,426,1415,1473]" gridcol="0" gridrow="26" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">#enl. precloacal/femoral scales*</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FA65340C73B4" box="[466,596,1415,1473]" gridcol="1" gridrow="26" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">46.7</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFA65351C73B4" box="[716,836,1415,1473]" gridcol="2" gridrow="26" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">3856</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FA65320473B4" box="[965,1116,1415,1473]" gridcol="3" gridrow="26" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">NA</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FA65336F73B4" box="[1215,1335,1415,1473]" gridcol="4" gridrow="26" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">NA</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38FA38336F7066" box="[159,1335,1498,1555]" gridrow="27" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38FA3837F27066" box="[159,426,1498,1555]" gridcol="0" gridrow="27" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">#enl. precloacal/femoral pores*</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75FA38340C7066" box="[466,596,1498,1555]" gridcol="1" gridrow="27" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">40.2</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BFA38351C7066" box="[716,836,1498,1555]" gridcol="2" gridrow="27" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">2855</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62FA3832047066" box="[965,1116,1498,1555]" gridcol="3" gridrow="27" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">NA</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18FA38336F7066" box="[1215,1335,1498,1555]" gridcol="4" gridrow="27" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">NA</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38F9CF336F7036" box="[159,1335,1581,1603]" gridrow="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38F9CF37F27036" box="[159,426,1581,1603]" gridcol="0" gridrow="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="266"># internasals</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75F9CF340C7036" box="[466,596,1581,1603]" gridcol="1" gridrow="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">1</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BF9CF351C7036" box="[716,836,1581,1603]" gridcol="2" gridrow="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">1</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62F9CF32047036" box="[965,1116,1581,1603]" gridcol="3" gridrow="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">1.4</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18F9CF336F7036" box="[1215,1335,1581,1603]" gridcol="4" gridrow="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">12</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38F9BE336F7007" box="[159,1335,1628,1650]" gridrow="29" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38F9BE37F27007" box="[159,426,1628,1650]" gridcol="0" gridrow="29" pageId="26" pageNumber="266"># postnasals</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75F9BE340C7007" box="[466,596,1628,1650]" gridcol="1" gridrow="29" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">3</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BF9BE351C7007" box="[716,836,1628,1650]" gridcol="2" gridrow="29" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">3</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62F9BE32047007" box="[965,1116,1628,1650]" gridcol="3" gridrow="29" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">3.1</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18F9BE336F7007" box="[1215,1335,1628,1650]" gridcol="4" gridrow="29" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">34</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9D9D4C6BAC5C7FF6FF38F969336F70D4" box="[159,1335,1675,1697]" gridrow="30" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<th id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FF38F96937F270D4" box="[159,426,1675,1697]" gridcol="0" gridrow="30" pageId="26" pageNumber="266"># scales behind postmentals</th>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FE75F969340C70D4" box="[466,596,1675,1697]" gridcol="1" gridrow="30" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">3.5</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FD6BF969351C70D4" box="[716,836,1675,1697]" gridcol="2" gridrow="30" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">35</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FC62F969320470D4" box="[965,1116,1675,1697]" gridcol="3" gridrow="30" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">3.7</td>
<td id="DE4C2517AC5C7FF6FB18F969336F70D4" box="[1215,1335,1675,1697]" gridcol="4" gridrow="30" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">16</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="23124E29AC5C8013FF30F95237CB70BF" blockId="26.[151,403,1712,1738]" box="[151,403,1712,1738]" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<tableNote id="DE4B4FA7AC5C8013FF30F95237CB70BF" box="[151,403,1712,1738]" pageId="26" pageNumber="266" targetBox="[159,1335,196,1697]" targetPageId="26">* complete series only</tableNote>
</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="6BB71DA2AC5C8012FF60F8FE34BF7448" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="267" pageId="26" pageNumber="266" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="23124E29AC5C8012FF60F8FE372E7734" blockId="26.[151,1437,1820,2027]" lastBlockId="27.[151,1437,151,573]" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="267" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5C8013FF60F8FE37717143" box="[199,297,1820,1846]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">Remarks</emphasis>
.—Like many
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5C8013FE6EF8FE34457143" box="[457,541,1820,1846]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">Gehyra</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC5C8013FD26F8FF356C7143" box="[641,820,1820,1847]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="26" pageNumber="266" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="louisiadensis">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5C8013FD26F8FF356C7143" box="[641,820,1820,1847]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="266">G. louisiadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is prone to significant regional intergumentary loss and tail autotomy when captured. As a result, none of the available specimens is perfect for designation as a
<typeStatus id="FC16F08BAC5C8013FA94F8A233C1712F" box="[1331,1433,1856,1882]" pageId="26" pageNumber="266" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
. The specimen chosen has the virtue of having an original tail (though the tip is missing), thereby showing the size of the original subcaudals, and it has available tissues and little skin damage. It has the disadvantage of having precloacal/femoral pores only on the right leg, with a total on that side of only 24 pores. If the left side were symmetrical in pore distribution, the total number would have been approximately 4748 pores. All of the
<typeStatus id="FC16F08BAC5C8013FA96F83333C4719E" box="[1329,1436,2001,2027]" pageId="26" pageNumber="266" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
with complete series of precloacal/femoral pores lack original tails, have more skin damage, or are missing their viscera. All other specimens with original tails are either female, also have a damaged precloacal/femoral pore series, or have long, but possibly regenerated, tails. I view determination and illustration of the expanded subcaudals of greater diagnostic importance than the number of precloacal/femoral pores, thereby explaining choice of BPBM 19763 for
<typeStatus id="FC16F08BAC5D8012FEABFEC5372A7734" box="[268,370,295,321]" pageId="27" pageNumber="267" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="23124E29AC5D8012FF60FEA934BF7448" blockId="27.[151,1437,151,573]" pageId="27" pageNumber="267">
Differences between
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5D8012FE10FEA934FD7710" box="[439,677,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="267">Gehyra louisiadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5D8012FD79FEA935CB7710" box="[734,915,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="267">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in toe lamellae were given above as averages and ranges for T4 lamellae and T1 lamellae because these are standard and quick counts to make. However, the true magnitude of the lamellar differences between these species is more striking when total numbers of lamellae on all digits are contrasted. I did not make these counts for all specimens, but I did so for their respective
<typeStatus id="FC16F08BAC5D8012FB51FE55333F77A4" box="[1270,1383,439,465]" pageId="27" pageNumber="267" type="holotype">holotypes</typeStatus>
. The
<typeStatus id="FC16F08BAC5D8012FF30FE3936A17780" box="[151,249,475,501]" pageId="27" pageNumber="267" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC5D8012FEBDFE3937937780" box="[282,459,475,501]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="27" pageNumber="267" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculicincta">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5D8012FEBDFE3937937780" box="[282,459,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="267">G. maculicincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a total of 210 lamellae under its digits whereas
<taxonomicName id="E4AD35AAAC5D8012FC5FFE3932F27780" box="[1016,1194,475,501]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gehyra" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="27" pageNumber="267" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="louisiadensis">
<emphasis id="11D9923BAC5D8012FC5FFE3932F27780" box="[1016,1194,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="267">G. louisiadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has 273, emphasizing the large difference between these
<specimenCount id="35AB85A0AC5D8012FDB0FE1D34E7746C" box="[535,703,511,537]" count="2" pageId="27" pageNumber="267" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
, which averages to approximately a 3-lamellar difference for each toe (273—210 lamellae/20 toes = 3.15 lamellae/toe).
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1a) Webbing between
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3a) Original tail flattened; prominent lateral, antecubital, and popliteal skin folds;
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4a) Size small (
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5a) Original tail flattened, with prominent lateral serrations; subapical
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7a) Popliteal skin fold absent; postmentals elongate; 1115
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9a) Postmentals short; orange eye ring present..........................................................
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b) Postmentals very elongate; orange eye ring absent..............................................
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at the entrance of a cave on Phu Pha Sana (
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), a limestone hill in
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adult female; same locality and collectors as
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Diagnosis.
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can be distinguished from all other congeneric species by the combination of its maximal known SVL of
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, 22 interorbital scales, 38 interciliary scales, 9 or 10 supralabials, 9 or 10 infralabials, 2931 paravertebral tubercles of which 2022 between limb insertions, 24 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, 3032 ventral scale rows at midbody, poorly defined, non-denticulate ventrolateral folds, a series of 19 enlarged femoroprecloacal scales including 2 pores on the proximalmost scales on each side separated by two small medial scales in male, no precloacal groove or depression, three postcloacal spurs on each side of the base of the tail in male, no interdigital webbing, 1721 total subdigital lamellae on 4th toe, no enlarged median row of subcaudal plates, a dorsal pattern including an uninterrupted blackish brown nuchal collar and three blackish brown butterfly-shaped blotches on dorsum, 11 blackish brown rings on original tail, and a greysih golden iris.
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Description of the
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. Adult male (
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and
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). SVL
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. TailL
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) than deep (
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). A single pair of greatly enlarged postmentals in broad contact behind mental, each bordered anteromedially by mental, anterolaterally by first infralabial, posterolaterally by an enlarged lateral chinshield; both postmentals collectively bordered posteriorly by six gular scales. Supralabials to mid-orbital position 8/8, enlarged supralabials to angle of jaws 9/10. Infralabials 10/9. Interorbital scale rows across narrowest point of frontal bone 22.
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Body slender, relatively short (AG/SVL0.42; TrunkL
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)with poorly defined, non-denticulate ventrolateral folds. Dorsal scales relatively homogeneous, domed; dorsal tubercles about five times size of adjacent dorsal scales, extending from nape onto tail, smaller tubercles on postocular region, crown, occiput and nape; most tubercles bearing a strong keel, less marked on lower flank tubercles; tubercles on posterior trunk and sacral region most prominent; tubercles in 24 rows at midbody, separated from one another by three or four dorsal granules. Nine to 11 granular dorsal scales surround each tubercle. Ventral scales larger than dorsals, smooth, oval and subimbricate, largest on posterior abdomen and in precloacal region. Midbody scale rows across belly between ventrolateral folds 30. Gular region with homogeneous, smooth, juxtaposed granular scales. No precloacal groove or depression. On each side a continuous series of 19 FemPreEnSc, the two proximalmost bearing each a pore; the two series separated by a diastema of two small poreless medial scales. Postcloacal spurs each bearing three enlarged, conical scales.
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Live male holotype of
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742D322DFCFAFAC9E7D7FAE8" bold="true" box="[837,913,1371,1395]" pageId="11" pageNumber="283">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="58D6584D742D322DFC21FACEE798FAE8" box="[926,990,1372,1395]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="283">in situ</emphasis>
at the type locality. A. General dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Right profile. Photos by M. Sumontha.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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In life, dorsal ground color of head dark brown; dorsum and dorsal surfaces of limbs light brown. Dark reticulations on head. A blackish brown continuous nuchal loop, pursuing a brown preorbital stripe, connects orbits and extends posteriorly to the level of the shoulders. Three blackish brown butterfly-shaped blotches on dorsum, distinctly longer than their light interspace, the anterior one beginning above the shoulder; numerous brown and blackish brown irregular marks on the light interspaces (
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and
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). Irregular brown bars on upper surface of limbs, hands and feet. Background color of tail light brown as dorsum, becoming slightly lighter posteriorly, with 11 blackish brown rings, encircling the tail; irregular brown marks on the light interspaces between the dark rings. Iris greyish golden. Supralabials and infralabials white, barred with blackish brown. Throat and venter light grey; undersides of fore- and hind limbs dark grey.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6A1D845F742D322DFF78F89BE0BCF80B" blockId="11.[151,1437,1477,2044]" pageId="11" pageNumber="283">
Variation. Main morphometric and meristic characters of the
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are provided in
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. Eleven or 12 granular dorsal scales surround each tubercle in the
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. The female
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also has a complete, original tail, with a TailL/SVL ratio of 1.13, thus proportionally a bit shorter than in the male. An adult and a subadult from the type-locality (
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), not collected, show a dorsal pattern identical to the one shown by the types.
</paragraph>
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Distribution and natural history. The
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and several other individuals were all encountered near the entrance of the cave on Phu Pha Sana. Within the cave,
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742D322DFD15F82FE040F84C" box="[682,1030,1981,2007]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="283">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742D322DFBB1F82FE02EF84C" bold="true" box="[1038,1128,1981,2007]" pageId="11" pageNumber="283">
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</emphasis>
was found in syntopy with
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742D322DFF28F873E572F860" box="[151,308,2017,2043]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="283">Cyrtodactylus</emphasis>
cf.
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</taxonomicName>
(
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; possibly
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742D322DFD5FF870E77DF860" box="[736,827,2018,2044]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="283">C. ngati</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was confirmed from Phu Luang by
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Grismer
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2022b
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),
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFEA3FF05E536FF2A" box="[284,368,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Gehyra</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFE20FF05E649FF2A" box="[415,527,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">fehlmanni</emphasis>
(Taylor)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFD12FF05E779FF2A" box="[685,831,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Gekko gecko</emphasis>
(Linnaeus)
</taxonomicName>
. Just outside the cave it was encountered in direct proximity to the squamates
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFD8CFF29E744FF4E" box="[563,770,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Calotes versicolor</emphasis>
(Daudin)
</taxonomicName>
(
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),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFBB6FF29E1DEFF4E" authority="(Boulenger)" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1899" box="[1033,1432,187,213]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Dixonius" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="siamensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFBB6FF29E028FF4F" box="[1033,1134,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Dixonius</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFB25FF29E141FF4F" box="[1178,1287,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">siamensis</emphasis>
(Boulenger)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFF28FF4DE5DFFF62" box="[151,409,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Hemidactylus frenatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFE63FF4DE629FF62" box="[476,623,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">H. platyurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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),
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFC95FF4DE04FFF63" box="[810,1033,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Lycodon capucinus</emphasis>
Boie
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFB31FF4DE15FFF62" box="[1166,1305,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">L. davisonii</emphasis>
(Blanford)
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFF20FE91E564FE86" authorityName="Oppell" authorityYear="1811" box="[159,290,259,285]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Colubridae</taxonomicName>
),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFE8CFE91E63EFE86" authority="(Mell)" baseAuthorityName="Mell" baseAuthorityYear="1931" box="[307,632,259,285]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Rhabdophis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="siamensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFE8CFE91E66DFE87" box="[307,555,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Rhabdophis siamensis</emphasis>
(Mell)
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFD3AFE91E746FE86" authorityName="Bonaparte" authorityYear="1838" box="[645,768,259,285]" family="Natricidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Natricidae</taxonomicName>
),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFCAEFE91E020FE86" authority="Kramer" authorityName="Kramer" authorityYear="1977" box="[785,1126,259,285]" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Trimeresurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrops">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFCAEFE91E04CFE87" box="[785,1034,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Trimeresurus macrops</emphasis>
Kramer
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFBCDFE91E0A5FE86" box="[1138,1251,259,285]" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Viperidae</taxonomicName>
) and the anurans
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFF28FEB5E5E4FEDA" box="[151,418,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Fejervarya limnocharis</emphasis>
(Gravenhorst)
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFDE4FEB5E6FFFEDA" authorityName="Batsch" authorityYear="1796" box="[603,697,295,321]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Ranidae</taxonomicName>
) and
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFD45FEB5E06AFEDA" box="[762,1068,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Polypedates megacephalus</emphasis>
Hallowell
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFB0AFEB5E122FEDA" authorityName="Hoffman" authorityYear="1932" box="[1205,1380,295,321]" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Rhacophoridae</taxonomicName>
). We also encountered
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFEE3FED9E6FEFEFE" authorityName="Sumontha &amp; Panitvong &amp; Kunya &amp; Donbundit &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Phanamphon &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2024" box="[348,696,331,357]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wiboonatthapoli" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFEE3FED9E6FEFEFE" box="[348,696,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFD00FED9E75FFEFE" bold="true" box="[703,793,331,357]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="43E5E536742A322AFD00FED9E75FFEFE" box="[703,793,331,357]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in Erawan Cave (
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,
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, altitude about
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above sea level;
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), on the border between Na Wang District in
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and Erawan District of
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, at about
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N-NE of the type-locality.
<bibRefCitation id="0E33F9AE742A322AFB9CFE01E16CFE36" author="Ellis, M. &amp; Pauwels, O. S. G." box="[1059,1322,403,429]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" pagination="16 - 22" refId="ref11361" refString="Ellis, M. &amp; Pauwels, O. S. G. (2012) The bent-toed geckos (Cyrtodactylus) of the caves and karst of Thailand. Cave and Karst Science, 39 (1), 16 - 22." type="journal article" year="2012">Ellis &amp; Pauwels (2012)</bibRefCitation>
presented photographs of
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFEFAFE25E6E7FE4A" box="[325,673,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFD19FE25E6B9FE4A" bold="true" box="[678,767,439,465]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="43E5E536742A322AFD19FE25E6B9FE4A" box="[678,767,439,465]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(under the name
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFC7FFE25E031FE4A" authorityName="Ulber &amp; Grossmann" authorityYear="1991" box="[960,1143,439,465]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="papilionoides">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFC7FFE25E031FE4A" box="[960,1143,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">C. papilionoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) taken
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFB75FE25E148FE4B" box="[1226,1294,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">in situ</emphasis>
in Tham Yai Wat Pha Sawan (
<geoCoordinate id="0F96E298742A322AFEEDFE48E5B5FE6E" box="[338,499,474,501]" degrees="17" direction="north" minutes="07" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" precision="1" seconds="05.9" value="17.118305">17°0705.9”N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="0F96E298742A322AFE42FE48E6EFFE6E" box="[509,681,474,501]" degrees="101" direction="east" minutes="56" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" precision="1" seconds="01.3" value="101.93369">101°5601.3”E</geoCoordinate>
, altitude
<quantity id="AD5A29BA742A322AFCB3FE49E714FE6E" box="[780,850,475,501]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.2" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" unit="m" value="420.0">420 m</quantity>
above sea level), Ban Pha Sawan, Pha Khao District,
<collectingRegion id="A8664ABD742A322AFF28FE6DE57FFD82" box="[151,313,511,537]" country="Thailand" name="Loei" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Loei Province</collectingRegion>
. This latter cave is located about seven km SW of the type-locality.
</paragraph>
<caption id="3EDDD4D7742A322AFF28FA33E701FA46" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" startId="12.[151,250,1441,1465]" targetBox="[151,1435,561,1417]" targetPageId="12" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="6A1D845F742A322AFF28FA33E701FA46" blockId="12.[151,1437,1441,1501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFF28FA33E555FA22" bold="true" box="[151,275,1441,1465]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Preserved type series of
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFDAEFA33E70DFA22" authorityName="Sumontha &amp; Panitvong &amp; Kunya &amp; Donbundit &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Phanamphon &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2024" box="[529,843,1441,1465]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wiboonatthapoli" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFDAEFA33E70DFA22" box="[529,843,1441,1465]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFCEEFA33E7E4FA22" bold="true" box="[849,930,1441,1465]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="43E5E536742A322AFCEEFA33E7E4FA22" box="[849,930,1441,1465]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
From above: adult male holotype CUMZ-R-2603 and adult female paratype CUMZ-R-2604. Photo. by M. Sumontha.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="6A1D845F742A322AFF78F999E0DBF9D2" blockId="12.[151,1437,1547,2042]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">
Being found both inside and near limestone caves,
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFCA0F999E039F9BE" authorityName="Sumontha &amp; Panitvong &amp; Kunya &amp; Donbundit &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Phanamphon &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2024" box="[799,1151,1547,1573]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wiboonatthapoli" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFCA0F999E039F9BE" box="[799,1151,1547,1573]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFB36F999E0A0F9BE" bold="true" box="[1161,1254,1547,1573]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="43E5E536742A322AFB36F999E0A0F9BE" box="[1161,1254,1547,1573]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is a trogloxene species (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFF47F9A2E570F9D2" box="[248,310,1584,1609]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0E33F9AE742A322AFE81F9BDE66EF9D2" author="Jantarit, S. &amp; Ellis, M." box="[318,552,1583,1609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" refId="ref12524" refString="Jantarit, S. &amp; Ellis, M. (2023) The cave fauna of Thailand. Excellence Center for Biodiversity of Peninsular Thailand, Songkhla, 19 (a - s) + 374 pp." type="book" year="2023">Jantarit &amp; Ellis 2023</bibRefCitation>
) with a karst ecotype (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFC98F9A2E723F9D2" box="[807,869,1584,1609]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0E33F9AE742A322AFCD2F9BDE00FF9D2" author="Grismer, L. L. &amp; Wood, P. L. Jr. &amp; Le, M. D. &amp; Quah, E. S. H. &amp; Grismer, J. L." box="[877,1097,1583,1610]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" pagination="13717 - 13730" refId="ref12079" refString="Grismer, L. L., Wood, P. L. Jr., Le, M. D., Quah, E. S. H. &amp; Grismer, J. L. (2020 b) Evolution of habitat preference in 243 species of Bent-toed geckos (genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) with a discussion of karst habitat conservation. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (24), 13717 - 13730. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / ece 3.6961" type="journal article" year="2020">
Grismer
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFC70F9A2E047F9D2" box="[975,1025,1583,1609]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">et al</emphasis>
. 2020
</bibRefCitation>
, 2021).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6A1D845F742A322AFF78F9C1E0BEF92E" blockId="12.[151,1437,1547,2042]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">
Etymology. The specific epithet honors the late Suthep Wiboonatthapol (19532023), former science teacher at Khamsaenwittayasan School in
<collectingRegion id="A8664ABD742A322AFE47F9EAE770F90A" box="[504,822,1655,1682]" country="Thailand" name="Nong Bua Lamphu" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Nong Bua Lamphu Province</collectingRegion>
. We suggest the following common names: ตุ๊กกายเอราวั (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFF1EF909E527F92E" box="[161,353,1691,1717]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Took-kai Erawan</emphasis>
; Thai), Erawan Bent-toed
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFD33F909E701F92E" authority="(English)" baseAuthorityName="English" box="[652,839,1691,1717]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gecko">Gecko (English)</taxonomicName>
, and
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFC3DF909E0CFF92E" box="[898,1161,1691,1717]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Cyrtodactyle dErawan</emphasis>
(French).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6A1D845F742A322BFF78F92DE69CFB8A" blockId="12.[151,1437,1547,2042]" lastBlockId="13.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="285" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFF78F92DE65FF942" bold="true" box="[199,537,1727,1753]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Comparison to other species.</emphasis>
Its lack of widened subcaudal plates distinguishes
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFBFCF92DE1DBF942" authorityName="Sumontha &amp; Panitvong &amp; Kunya &amp; Donbundit &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Phanamphon &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2024" box="[1091,1437,1727,1753]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wiboonatthapoli" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFBFCF92DE1DBF942" box="[1091,1437,1727,1753]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFF28F971E4B6F966" bold="true" box="[151,240,1763,1789]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="43E5E536742A322AFF28F971E4B6F966" box="[151,240,1763,1789]" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFE8CF971E5BFF966" authorityName="Chomdej, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Pradit, Nazarov, Grismer &amp; Poyarkov" authorityYear="2020" box="[307,505,1763,1789]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="amphipetraeus">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFE8CF971E5BFF966" box="[307,505,1763,1789]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">C. amphipetraeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(which also shows, among others differences, four to seven dark bands on dorsum),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFF28F895E508F8BA" authorityName="Sumontha, Panitvong &amp; Deein" authorityYear="2010" box="[151,334,1799,1825]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auribalteatus">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFF28F895E508F8BA" box="[151,334,1799,1825]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">C. auribalteatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(whose adults show regular round dark spots on the light interspaces on dorsum),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFB4CF895E626F8DE" authority="Luu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler" authorityName="Luu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2016" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bansocensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFB4CF895E1DAF8BA" box="[1267,1436,1799,1825]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">C. bansocensis</emphasis>
Luu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
(regular dorsal bands with straight transversal borders),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFB5AF8B9E6ADF8F2" authority="Luu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo &amp; Ziegler" authorityName="Luu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2016" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="calamei">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFB5AF8B9E126F8DE" box="[1253,1376,1835,1861]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">C. calamei</emphasis>
Luu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
(four dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFB54F8DDE1DBF8F2" authorityName="Bauer, Sumontha &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2003" box="[1259,1437,1871,1897]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chanhomeae">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFB54F8DDE1DBF8F2" box="[1259,1437,1871,1897]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">C. chanhomeae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(regular dorsal bands with straight transversal borders),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFC86F8E1E57DF829" authority="Hoang, Orlov, Ananjeva, Johns, Hoang &amp; Dau" authorityName="Hoang, Orlov, Ananjeva, Johns, Hoang &amp; Dau" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chauquangensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFC86F8E1E053F816" box="[825,1045,1907,1933]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">C. chauquangensis</emphasis>
Hoang, Orlov, Ananjeva, Johns, Hoang &amp; Dau
</taxonomicName>
(discontinuous nuchal collar),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFD1CF805E5F0F84E" authority="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityName="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityYear="2014" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="darevskii">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFD1CF805E76AF82A" box="[675,812,1943,1969]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">C. darevskii</emphasis>
Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov
</taxonomicName>
(four or five thin dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742A322AFBA3F829E76DF862" authority="Kunya, Panmongkol, Pauwels, Sumontha, Meewasana, Bunkhwamdi &amp; Dangsri" authorityName="Kunya, Panmongkol, Pauwels, Sumontha, Meewasana, Bunkhwamdi &amp; Dangsri" authorityYear="2014" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="284" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="doisuthep">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742A322AFBA3F829E0EFF84E" box="[1052,1193,1979,2005]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="284">C. doisuthep</emphasis>
Kunya, Panmongkol, Pauwels, Sumontha, Meewasana, Bunkhwamdi &amp; Dangsri
</taxonomicName>
(six or seven thin dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFF28FF05E063FF2A" authority="Bauer, Kunya, Sumontha, Niyomwan, Pauwels, Chanhome &amp; Kunya" authorityName="Bauer, Kunya, Sumontha, Niyomwan, Pauwels, Chanhome &amp; Kunya" authorityYear="2010" box="[151,1061,151,177]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dumnuii">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFF28FF05E552FF2A" box="[151,276,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. dumnuii</emphasis>
Bauer, Kunya, Sumontha, Niyomwan, Pauwels, Chanhome &amp; Kunya
</taxonomicName>
(four of five dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFEE1FF29E096FF4E" authority="Luu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo &amp; Ziegler" authorityName="Luu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2016" box="[350,1232,187,213]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hinnamnoensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFEE1FF29E66DFF4E" box="[350,555,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. hinnamnoensis</emphasis>
Luu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
(four to six dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFDBCFF4DE126FF62" authority="Schneider, Luu, Sitthivong, Teynie, Le, Nguyen &amp; Ziegler" authorityName="Schneider, Luu, Sitthivong, Teynie, Le, Nguyen &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2020" box="[515,1376,223,249]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="houaphanensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFDBCFF4DE68AFF62" box="[515,716,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. houaphanensis</emphasis>
Schneider, Luu, Sitthivong, Teynié, Le, Nguyen &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
(five irregular dark bands between limb insertions, discontinuous nuchal collar),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFC61FE91E0C8FE86" authorityName="Ulber" authorityYear="1993" box="[990,1166,259,285]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="interdigitalis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC61FE91E0C8FE86" box="[990,1166,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. interdigitalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(short nuchal collar),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFA3CFE91E55DFEDA" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="intermedius">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFA3CFE91E55DFEDA" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. intermedius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(four regular dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFC81FEB5E5E4FEFE" authority="Kunya, Sumontha, Panitvong, Dongkumfu, Sirisamphan &amp; Pauwels" authorityName="Kunya, Sumontha, Panitvong, Dongkumfu, Sirisamphan &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2015" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inthanon">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC81FEB5E7F9FEDA" box="[830,959,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. inthanon</emphasis>
Kunya,Sumontha,Panitvong,Dongkumfu, Sirisamphan &amp; Pauwels
</taxonomicName>
(three to five bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFC1AFED9E54FFE12" authority="Luu, Calame, Bonkowski, Nguyen &amp; Ziegler" authorityName="Luu, Calame, Bonkowski, Nguyen &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2014" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jaegeri">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC1AFED9E052FEFF" box="[933,1044,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. jaegeri</emphasis>
Luu, Calame, Bonkowski, Nguyen &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
(or four regular dorsal bands with straight transversal borders between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFA9CFEFDE1DAFE13" authorityName="Ulber" authorityYear="1993" box="[1315,1436,367,393]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jarujini">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFA9CFEFDE1DAFE13" box="[1315,1436,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. jarujini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(dorsal pattern made of numerous irregular blotches),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFCAFFE01E6CFFE4A" authority="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityName="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityYear="2014" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="khammouanensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFCAFFE01E7B0FE36" box="[784,1014,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. khammouanensis</emphasis>
Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov
</taxonomicName>
(three or four regular dorsal bands with straight transversal borders between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE76FE49E088FE6E" authority="Pauwels, Sumontha, Panitvong &amp; Varaguttanonda" authorityName="Pauwels, Sumontha, Panitvong &amp; Varaguttanonda" authorityYear="2014" box="[457,1230,475,501]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="khelangensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE76FE49E639FE6E" box="[457,639,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. khelangensis</emphasis>
Pauwels, Sumontha, Panitvong &amp; Varaguttanonda
</taxonomicName>
(four dark bands between nuchal loop and hind limbs insertion),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFD18FE6DE754FD82" authorityName="Pauwels, Sumontha, Keeratikiat &amp; Phanamphon" authorityYear="2014" box="[679,786,511,537]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kunyai">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFD18FE6DE754FD82" box="[679,786,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. kunyai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(four or five regular dark bands between nuchal collar and hind limbs insertion),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE2EFDB1E6B3FDA6" authority="Ngo &amp; Pauwels" authorityName="Ngo &amp; Pauwels" box="[401,757,547,573]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lomyenensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE2EFDB1E67DFDA6" box="[401,571,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. lomyenensis</emphasis>
Ngo &amp; Pauwels
</taxonomicName>
(three regular dorsal bands with straight transversal borders between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE02FDD5E61CFDFA" authorityName="Sumontha &amp; Panitvong &amp; Kunya &amp; Donbundit &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Phanamphon &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2024" box="[445,602,583,609]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meesookae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE02FDD5E61CFDFA" box="[445,602,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. meesookae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFDDDFDD5E6FBFDFA" bold="true" box="[610,701,583,609]" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="43E5E536742B322BFDDDFDD5E6FBFDFA" box="[610,701,583,609]" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(banded pattern),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFC31FDD5E035FDFA" authorityName="Sitthivong, Luu, Ha, Nguyen, Le &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2019" box="[910,1139,583,609]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="muangfuangensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC31FDD5E035FDFA" box="[910,1139,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. muangfuangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(four dark bands between limb insertions);
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFEE2FDF9E1DAFD1E" authority="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityName="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityYear="2014" box="[349,1436,619,645]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multiporus">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFEE2FDF9E5BCFD1E" box="[349,506,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. multiporus</emphasis>
Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov
</taxonomicName>
(dorsal pattern made of numerous blotches),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFD1DFD1DE1DAFD32" authority="Schneider, Nguyen, Schmitz, Kingsada, Auer &amp; Ziegler" authorityName="Schneider, Nguyen, Schmitz, Kingsada, Auer &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2011" box="[674,1436,655,681]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pageli">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFD1DFD1DE74AFD32" box="[674,780,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. pageli</emphasis>
Schneider, Nguyen, Schmitz, Kingsada, Auer &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
(five dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFDCEFD21E0D5FD6A" authority="Chomdej, Pradit, Pawangkhanant, Kuensaen, Phupanbai, Naiduangchan, Piboon, Nganvongpanit, Yuan, Zhang, Che, Sucharitakul &amp; Suwannapoom" authorityName="Chomdej, Pradit, Pawangkhanant, Kuensaen, Phupanbai, Naiduangchan, Piboon, Nganvongpanit, Yuan, Zhang, Che, Sucharitakul &amp; Suwannapoom" authorityYear="2022" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phukhaensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFDCEFD21E75DFD56" box="[625,795,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. phukhaensis</emphasis>
Chomdej, Pradit, Pawangkhanant, Kuensaen, Phupanbai, Naiduangchan, Piboon, Nganvongpanit, Yuan, Zhang, Che, Sucharitakul &amp; Suwannapoom
</taxonomicName>
(four to six dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE03FD69E01AFC8E" authority="Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler" authorityName="Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2016" box="[444,1116,763,789]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufford">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE03FD69E66DFC8E" box="[444,555,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. rufford</emphasis>
Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
(three or four regular dorsal bands with straight transversal borders between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFCC9FC8DE7A6FCA2" authorityName="Panitvong, Sumontha, Tunprasert &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2014" box="[886,992,799,825]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="saiyok">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFCC9FC8DE7A6FCA2" box="[886,992,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. saiyok</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(three to five irregular, thin dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE01FCD1E030FCC6" authority="Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler" authorityName="Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2015" box="[446,1142,835,861]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="soudthichaki">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE01FCD1E628FCC6" box="[446,622,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. soudthichaki</emphasis>
Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
(five dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFEE9FCF5E11BFC1A" authority="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityName="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityYear="2014" box="[342,1373,871,897]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeus">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFEE9FCF5E591FC1A" box="[342,471,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. spelaeus</emphasis>
Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov
</taxonomicName>
(four or five pairs of dark blotches between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFC9EFC19E102FC3E" authority="David, Nguyen, Schneider &amp; Ziegler" authorityName="David, Nguyen, Schneider &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2011" box="[801,1348,907,933]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="teyniei">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC9EFC19E7D6FC3F" box="[801,912,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. teyniei</emphasis>
David, Nguyen, Schneider &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
(dorsal pattern made of numerous irregular blotches),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFD15FC3DE566FC76" authority="Nazarov, Pauwels, Konstantinov, Chulisov, Orlov &amp; Poyarkov" authorityName="Nazarov, Pauwels, Konstantinov, Chulisov, Orlov &amp; Poyarkov" authorityYear="2018" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thathomensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFD15FC3DE726FC52" box="[682,864,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. thathomensis</emphasis>
Nazarov, Pauwels, Konstantinov, Chulisov, Orlov &amp; Poyarkov
</taxonomicName>
(four dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFCB1FC41E7D4FC76" authorityName="Bauer, Sumontha &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2003" box="[782,914,979,1005]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigroides">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFCB1FC41E7D4FC76" box="[782,914,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. tigroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(regular dorsal bands with straight transversal borders) and
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE94FC65E5F8FB8A" authorityName="Grismer, Aowphol, Yodthong, Ampai, Termprayoon, Aksornneam &amp; Rujirawan" authorityYear="2022" box="[299,446,1015,1041]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uthaiensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE94FC65E5F8FB8A" box="[299,446,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. uthaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(regular banded pattern).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6A1D845F742B322BFF78FB89E72EF89E" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">
Its four PrePo in a discontinuous series and its lack of FemPo in males separate it from
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFB6DFB89E1DAFBAE" authorityName="Chomdej, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Pradit, Nazarov, Grismer &amp; Poyarkov" authorityYear="2020" box="[1234,1436,1051,1077]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="amphipetraeus">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFB6DFB89E1DAFBAE" box="[1234,1436,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. amphipetraeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(seven to nine PrePo and 1012 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFD73FBADE7C4FBC2" authorityName="Sumontha, Panitvong &amp; Deein" authorityYear="2010" box="[716,898,1087,1113]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auribalteatus">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFD73FBADE7C4FBC2" box="[716,898,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. auribalteatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(six PrePo and eight to ten FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFA3CFBADE558FBE6" authorityName="Luu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2016" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bansocensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFA3CFBADE558FBE6" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. bansocensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(34 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFD80FBF1E6FEFBE6" authorityName="Luu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2016" box="[575,696,1123,1149]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="calamei">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFD80FBF1E6FEFBE6" box="[575,696,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. calamei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3539 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFBBDFBF1E0F6FBE6" authorityName="Bauer, Sumontha &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2003" box="[1026,1200,1123,1149]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chanhomeae">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFBBDFBF1E0F6FBE6" box="[1026,1200,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. chanhomeae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3234 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFF4FFB15E582FB3A" box="[240,452,1159,1185]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chauquangensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFF4FFB15E582FB3A" box="[240,452,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. chauquangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(six or seven PrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFCA0FB15E7E0FB3A" authorityName="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityYear="2014" box="[799,934,1159,1185]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="darevskii">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFCA0FB15E7E0FB3A" box="[799,934,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. darevskii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3844 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFB4CFB15E1DAFB3A" authorityName="Chomdej, Suwannapoom, Pradit, Phupanbai &amp; Grismer" authorityYear="2023" box="[1267,1436,1159,1185]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="denticulatus">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFB4CFB15E1DAFB3A" box="[1267,1436,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. denticulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(13 PrePo and 20 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFD90FB39E6FBFB5E" authorityName="Kunya, Panmongkol, Pauwels, Sumontha, Meewasana, Bunkhwamdi &amp; Dangsri" authorityYear="2014" box="[559,701,1195,1221]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="doisuthep">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFD90FB39E6FBFB5E" box="[559,701,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. doisuthep</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(six or seven FemPi and six PrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFB7BFB39E107FB5E" authorityName="Bauer, Kunya, Sumontha, Niyomwan, Pauwels, Chanhome &amp; Kunya" authorityYear="2010" box="[1220,1345,1195,1221]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dumnuii">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFB7BFB39E107FB5E" box="[1220,1345,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. dumnuii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(five or six PrePo and 12 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFD99FB5DE6A9FB72" authorityName="Luu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2016" box="[550,751,1231,1257]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hinnamnoensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFD99FB5DE6A9FB72" box="[550,751,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. hinnamnoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3644 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFB83FB5DE143FB72" authorityName="Schneider, Luu, Sitthivong, Teynie, Le, Nguyen &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2020" box="[1084,1285,1231,1257]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="houaphanensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFB83FB5DE143FB72" box="[1084,1285,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. houaphanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(six PrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFF51FB61E5DBFA96" authorityName="Ulber" authorityYear="1993" box="[238,413,1267,1293]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="interdigitalis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFF51FB61E5DBFA96" box="[238,413,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. interdigitalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(14 PrePo and 17 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFC93FB61E789FA96" box="[812,975,1267,1293]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="intermedius">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC93FB61E789FA96" box="[812,975,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. intermedius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(eight to ten PrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFAA5FB61E1DBFA96" authorityName="Kunya, Sumontha, Panitvong, Dongkumfu, Sirisamphan &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2015" box="[1306,1437,1267,1293]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inthanon">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFAA5FB61E1DBFA96" box="[1306,1437,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. inthanon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(five PrePo and 812 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFDECFA85E684FAAB" authorityName="Luu, Calame, Bonkowski, Nguyen &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2014" box="[595,706,1303,1329]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jaegeri">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFDECFA85E684FAAB" box="[595,706,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. jaegeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(44 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFC5CFA85E011FAAB" authorityName="Ulber" authorityYear="1993" box="[995,1111,1303,1329]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jarujini">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC5CFA85E011FAAB" box="[995,1111,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. jarujini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(5254 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFF28FAA9E53AFACE" authorityName="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityYear="2014" box="[151,380,1339,1365]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="khammouanensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFF28FAA9E53AFACE" box="[151,380,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. khammouanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(4044 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFD67FAA9E7CBFACE" authorityName="Pauwels, Sumontha, Panitvong &amp; Varaguttanonda" authorityYear="2014" box="[728,909,1339,1365]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="khelangensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFD67FAA9E7CBFACE" box="[728,909,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. khelangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(two to six PrePo and six or seven FemPi or FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFEDBFACDE596FAE2" authorityName="Pauwels, Sumontha, Keeratikiat &amp; Phanamphon" authorityYear="2014" box="[356,464,1375,1401]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kunyai">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFEDBFACDE596FAE2" box="[356,464,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. kunyai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3 PrePo and 1012 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFC36FACDE075FAE2" box="[905,1075,1375,1401]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lomyenensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC36FACDE075FAE2" box="[905,1075,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. lomyenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3940 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFA3CFACDE554FA06" authorityName="Sumontha &amp; Panitvong &amp; Kunya &amp; Donbundit &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Phanamphon &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meesookae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFA3CFACDE554FA06" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. meesookae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFEA6FA11E534FA06" bold="true" box="[281,370,1411,1437]" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="43E5E536742B322BFEA6FA11E534FA06" box="[281,370,1411,1437]" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(6 PrePo in males, no enlarged femorals),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFCF1FA11E79BFA06" authorityName="Yodthong, Rujirawan, Stuart, Grismer, Aksornneam, Termprayoon, Ampai &amp; Aowphol" authorityYear="2022" box="[846,989,1411,1437]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monilatus">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFCF1FA11E79BFA06" box="[846,989,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. monilatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(no pores in males; dorsal pattern made of numerous roundish blotches),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFDAEFA35E6B1FA5A" authorityName="Sitthivong, Luu, Ha, Nguyen, Le &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2019" box="[529,759,1447,1473]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="muangfuangensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFDAEFA35E6B1FA5A" box="[529,759,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. muangfuangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(six PrePo and 15 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFB17FA35E102FA5A" authorityName="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityYear="2014" box="[1192,1348,1447,1473]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multiporus">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFB17FA35E102FA5A" box="[1192,1348,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. multiporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(5860 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE2EFA59E5A9FA7F" authorityName="Le, Sitthivong, Tran, Grismer, Nguyen, Le, Ziegler &amp; Luu" authorityYear="2021" box="[401,495,1483,1509]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ngati">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE2EFA59E5A9FA7F" box="[401,495,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. ngati</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(13 PrePo and 14 FemPo in males; five dark bands between limb insertions),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFA3CFA59E567F992" authorityName="Chomdej, Pradit, Pawangkhanant, Kuensaen, Phupanbai, Naiduangchan, Piboon, Nganvongpanit, Yuan, Zhang, Che, Sucharitakul &amp; Suwannapoom" authorityYear="2022" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phukhaensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFA3CFA59E567F992" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. phukhaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(seven PrePo and 1012 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFCA9FA7DE7C0F992" authorityName="Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2016" box="[790,902,1519,1545]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufford">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFCA9FA7DE7C0F992" box="[790,902,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. rufford</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(42 or 43 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFB4AFA7DE119F992" authorityName="Panitvong, Sumontha, Tunprasert &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2014" box="[1269,1375,1519,1545]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="saiyok">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFB4AFA7DE119F992" box="[1269,1375,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. saiyok</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(five PrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFEE3F981E64BF9B6" authorityName="Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2015" box="[348,525,1555,1581]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="soudthichaki">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFEE3F981E64BF9B6" box="[348,525,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. soudthichaki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(29 FemPrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFC84F981E7F8F9B6" authorityName="Nazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov &amp; Chulisov" authorityYear="2014" box="[827,958,1555,1581]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeus">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC84F981E7F8F9B6" box="[827,958,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. spelaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(eight or nine PrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFA90F981E1DBF9B7" authorityName="David, Nguyen, Schneider &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2011" box="[1327,1437,1555,1581]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="teyniei">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFA90F981E1DBF9B7" box="[1327,1437,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. teyniei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(14 PrePo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE3EF9A5E670F9CA" authorityName="Nazarov, Pauwels, Konstantinov, Chulisov, Orlov &amp; Poyarkov" authorityYear="2018" box="[385,566,1591,1617]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thathomensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE3EF9A5E670F9CA" box="[385,566,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. thathomensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(10 PrePo and 3638 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFC48F9A5E0BEF9CA" authorityName="Grismer, Rujirawan, Chomdej, Suwannapoom, Yodthong, Aksornneam &amp; Aowphol" authorityYear="2023" box="[1015,1272,1591,1617]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thongphaphumensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC48F9A5E0BEF9CA" box="[1015,1272,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. thongphaphumensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(15 PrePo and 1216 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE06F9C9E679F9EE" authorityName="Bauer, Sumontha &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2003" box="[441,575,1627,1653]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigroides">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE06F9C9E679F9EE" box="[441,575,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. tigroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(eight or nine PrePo and 1014 FemPo in males),
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFB32F9C9E164F9EE" authorityName="Grismer, Aowphol, Yodthong, Ampai, Termprayoon, Aksornneam &amp; Rujirawan" authorityYear="2022" box="[1165,1314,1627,1653]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uthaiensis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFB32F9C9E164F9EE" box="[1165,1314,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. uthaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(14 PrePo and 12 FemPo in males) and
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE5BF9EDE02CF902" authority="Nguyen, Kingsada, Rosler, Auer &amp; Ziegler" authorityName="Nguyen, Kingsada, Rosler, Auer &amp; Ziegler" authorityYear="2010" box="[484,1130,1663,1689]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wayakonei">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE5BF9EDE638F902" box="[484,638,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. wayakonei</emphasis>
Nguyen, Kingsada, Rösler, Auer &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
(six to eight PrePo in both sexes).
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFF55F931E603F926" authorityName="Sumontha &amp; Panitvong &amp; Kunya &amp; Donbundit &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Phanamphon &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2024" box="[234,581,1699,1725]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wiboonatthapoli" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFF55F931E603F926" box="[234,581,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFDF4F931E6E5F926" bold="true" box="[587,675,1699,1725]" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="43E5E536742B322BFDF4F931E6E5F926" box="[587,675,1699,1725]" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is separated from
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFCD1F931E040F926" box="[878,1030,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. vilaphongi</emphasis>
Schneider, Nguyen, Le, Nophaseud, Bonkowski &amp; Ziegler
</taxonomicName>
, whose males are still unknown, by its blotched (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFC05F955E044F97B" box="[954,1026,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">versus</emphasis>
banded) pattern, its higher DTR (24
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFF28F979E499F89F" box="[151,223,1771,1796]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">versus</emphasis>
15 or 16) and its enlarged femorals (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFDC2F979E683F89F" box="[637,709,1771,1796]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">versus</emphasis>
not enlarged).
</paragraph>
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The only species within
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radius which
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFD04F89DE053F8B2" authorityName="Sumontha &amp; Panitvong &amp; Kunya &amp; Donbundit &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Suthanthangjai &amp; Phanamphon &amp; Pauwels" authorityYear="2024" box="[699,1045,1807,1833]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wiboonatthapoli" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFD04F89DE053F8B2" box="[699,1045,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFBA5F89DE037F8B2" bold="true" box="[1050,1137,1807,1833]" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="43E5E536742B322BFBA5F89DE037F8B2" box="[1050,1137,1807,1833]" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
resembles are
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFAADF89DE1DAF8B2" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1921" box="[1298,1436,1807,1833]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angularis">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFAADF89DE1DAF8B2" box="[1298,1436,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. angularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFF75F8A1E5C0F8D6" box="[202,390,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. papilionoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It differs from the former by its first dorsal blotch beginning above the shoulder (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFAEAF8A1E1DBF8D7" box="[1365,1437,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">versus</emphasis>
behind the shoulder), its blackish brown (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFDDBF8C5E6EAF8EB" box="[612,684,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">versus</emphasis>
brown) dorsal blotches distinctly longer than the lighter interspaces (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFF1EF8E9E4AFF80F" box="[161,233,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">versus</emphasis>
smaller blotches whose length is subequal to the lighter interspaces), and its four (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFB3CF8E9E08DF80F" box="[1155,1227,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">versus</emphasis>
five or six) PrePo. It is distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="ADA2FFDC742B322BFE16F80DE625F822" authorityName="Ulber &amp; Grossmann" authorityYear="1991" box="[425,611,1951,1977]" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="285" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="papilionoides">
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFE16F80DE625F822" box="[425,611,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">C. papilionoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its continuous (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFCFFF80DE7CEF823" box="[832,904,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">versus</emphasis>
interrupted or at least near-interrupted) nuchal collar, much higher DTR number (24
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFDFEF851E6CFF847" box="[577,649,1987,2012]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">versus</emphasis>
1214) DTR, and four PrePo in a discontinuous series (
<emphasis id="58D6584D742B322BFABDF851E10CF847" box="[1282,1354,1987,2012]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="285">versus</emphasis>
four to six in a continuous series). The differences in color and pattern appear clearly when comparing
<figureCitation id="F29998DA74283228FB70FF05E125FF2A" box="[1231,1379,151,177]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 7" captionStart-1="FIGURE 8" captionStart-2="FIGURE 9" captionStart-3="FIGURE 10" captionStartId-0="11.[151,250,1371,1395]" captionStartId-1="12.[151,250,1441,1465]" captionStartId-2="14.[151,250,1887,1911]" captionStartId-3="15.[151,250,1916,1940]" captionTargetBox-0="[307,1281,273,1348]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1435,561,1417]" captionTargetBox-2="[251,1335,417,1863]" captionTargetBox-3="[257,1330,453,1893]" captionTargetId-0="figure-75@11.[307,1281,273,1348]" captionTargetId-1="figure-205@12.[151,1435,561,1417]" captionTargetId-2="figure-153@14.[251,1335,417,1863]" captionTargetId-3="figure-155@15.[257,1330,453,1893]" captionTargetPageId-0="11" captionTargetPageId-1="12" captionTargetPageId-2="14" captionTargetPageId-3="15" captionText-0="FIGURE 7. Live male holotype of Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli sp. nov. in situ at the type locality. A. General dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Right profile. Photos by M. Sumontha." captionText-1="FIGURE 8. Preserved type series of Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli sp. nov. From above: adult male holotype CUMZ-R-2603 and adult female paratype CUMZ-R-2604. Photo. by M. Sumontha." captionText-2="FIGURE 9. Live adult (A; tail tip regenerated) and subadult (B; tail original and complete) individuals of Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli sp. nov. at the type-locality. Individuals not collected. Photos by M. Sumontha." captionText-3="FIGURE 10. Two live adult Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli sp. nov. in Erawan Cave. Individuals not collected. Photos by M. Sumontha." pageId="14" pageNumber="286">Figures 710</figureCitation>
with photographs of
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FEF4FF29E59FFF4E" box="[331,473,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">C. angularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FDABFF29E688FF4E" box="[532,718,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">C. papilionoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<bibRefCitation id="0E33F9AE74283228FD48FF29E077FF4E" author="Ulber, T. &amp; Grossmann, W." box="[759,1073,187,213]" pageId="14" pageNumber="286" pagination="13 - 22" refId="ref15217" refString="Ulber, T. &amp; Grossmann, W. (1991) Ein weiterer neuer Gecko aus Zentral-Thailand: Cyrtodactylus papilionoides sp. nov. (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Sauria, 13 (1), 13 - 22." type="journal article" year="1991">Ulber &amp; Grossmann (1991)</bibRefCitation>
and Chan-ard
<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FB62FF29E156FF4E" box="[1245,1296,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">et al</emphasis>
. (1999) and
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and
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. It should be noted that these two species were long confused because
<bibRefCitation id="0E33F9AE74283228FB36FF4DE162FF62" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[1161,1316,223,249]" pageId="14" pageNumber="286" pagination="687 - 1077" refId="ref15085" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1963) The lizards of Thailand. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 44 (14), 687 - 1077." type="journal article" year="1963">Taylor (1963)</bibRefCitation>
illustrated
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FF28FE91E5EFFE86" box="[151,425,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">Cyrtodactylus angularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with a photograph showing two
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FC92FE91E7AFFE86" box="[813,1001,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">C. papilionoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
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). The
<typeStatus id="B5193AFD74283228FF28FEB5E481FEDA" box="[151,199,295,321]" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">type</typeStatus>
locality of
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FEF2FEB5E6ECFEDA" box="[333,682,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FD0CFEB5E748FEDA" bold="true" box="[691,782,295,321]" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">
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</emphasis>
lies about
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N-NE of those of
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FB04FEB5E10EFEDA" box="[1211,1352,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">C. angularis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FA3CFEB5E569FEFE" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">C. papilionoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. While
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FE37FED9E6A2FEFE" box="[392,740,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="43E5E53674283228FD54FED9E702FEFE" box="[747,836,331,357]" pageId="14" pageNumber="286" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is a cave and limestone dweller,
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FB09FED9E129FEFE" box="[1206,1391,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">C. papilionoides</emphasis>
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is a ground dweller, often found in plantations (
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; Chan-ard
<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FBA0FEFDE016FE12" box="[1055,1104,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">et al</emphasis>
. 1999).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FF28F8CDE551F8EC" bold="true" box="[151,279,1887,1911]" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Live adult (A; tail tip regenerated) and subadult (B; tail original and complete) individuals of
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74283228FAB1F8CDE57BF800" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="286">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
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at the type-locality. Individuals not collected. Photos by M. Sumontha.
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<paragraph id="6A1D845F74293229FF78FF05E60DFE36" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,429]" pageId="15" pageNumber="287">
Although the ground-dwelling
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74293229FD9CFF05E719FF2A" box="[547,863,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="287">Cyrtodactylus papilionoides</emphasis>
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was described from Pak Chong District in
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, Chan-ard
<emphasis id="58D6584D74293229FDB5FF29E678FF4E" box="[522,574,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="287">et al</emphasis>
. (2015) mentioned that it only occurred in the more northern provinces of
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,
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and
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, without any mention of
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, and they described its habitat as limestone caves in dry evergreen forest. The type-locality of
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74293229FC00FE91E15AFE86" box="[959,1308,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="287">Cyrtodactylus wiboonatthapoli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="58D6584D74293229FA9BFE91E138FE86" bold="true" box="[1316,1406,259,285]" pageId="15" pageNumber="287">
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</emphasis>
in
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is relatively close to the borders with
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and
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Provinces; it is hence possible that at least the
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record is actually attributable to the new cave-dwelling species described here. The drawing that Chan-ard
<emphasis id="58D6584D74293229FEB9FEFDE578FE12" box="[262,318,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="287">et al.</emphasis>
(2015) provided however represents a typical
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<emphasis id="58D6584D74293229FCFAFEFDE0C6FE12" box="[837,1152,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="287">Cyrtodactylus papilionoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and is probably based on a published photograph of this species.
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