diff --git a/data/D1/6B/87/D16B87DFFFA77F63FF16FDBAF06FF87F.xml b/data/D1/6B/87/D16B87DFFFA77F63FF16FDBAF06FF87F.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5e9161410a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/D1/6B/87/D16B87DFFFA77F63FF16FDBAF06FF87F.xml @@ -0,0 +1,1166 @@ + + + +Review of the Slender Geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemiphyllodactylus) of the Cardamom Mountains of southwestern Cambodia, with descriptions of two new species and one country record + + + +Author + +Neang, Thy +0000-0002-2713-1639 +Wild Earth Allies, 77 a, Street Beton, Bayap Village, Sangkat Kork Khleang, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh, Cambodia +thyneang9@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Samorn, Vireak +0009-0008-7341-1931 +Wild Earth Allies, 77 a, Street Beton, Bayap Village, Sangkat Kork Khleang, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh, Cambodia +samornvireak168@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Hun, Seiha +0009-0004-0147-1565 +Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Processing, National Meanchey University, Krong Serei Sophaon, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia +seiha.hun@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Henson, Adam +0009-0005-1902-6715 +Wild Earth Allies, 2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 900, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, USA +ahenson@wildearthallies.org + + + +Author + +Stuart, Bryan L. +0000-0003-4719-1951 +North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601, USA +bryan.stuart@naturalsciences.org + +text + + +Zootaxa + + +2024 + +2024-11-11 + + +5537 + + +3 + + +377 +394 + + + + +http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.5 + +journal article +10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.5 +1175-5326 +14240017 +63A1A774-71AB-4091-9682-8B05CAF7954A + + + + + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + +sp. nov. + + + + + + +Fig. 3 + + + + + + +Holotype +. + +NCSM 98991 +(field tag BLS 13164), +adult male +, +Cambodia +, +Kampot Province +, +Teuk Chou District +, +Preah Monivong Bokor National Park +, +10.62368ºN +, +104.02650ºE +, + +1,073 m + +elev., coll. + +01 October 2017 + +by +Neang Thy +, +Samorn Vireak +, and +Bryan L. Stuart. + + + + +FIGURE 3. +Holotype of + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov. + +(NCSM 98991) in life (A) and in preservative with views of dorsum (B), venter (C), subdigital lamellae of hands (D), and subdigital lamellae of feet and femoral pores (E). Microhabitat at the type locality of + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov. + +at Preah Monivong Bokor National Park, Teuk Chou District, Kampot Province, Cambodia (F). + + + + + +Paratype + +. +CBC +03119 +(field tag BLS 13108), +adult female +, same data as holotype except +10.65436ºN +, +104.06080ºE +, + +926 m + +elev., coll. + +26 September 2017 + +. + + +NCSM 98992 +(field tag BLS 17599), +adult female +, same data as holotype except +10.65927ºN +, +104.05169ºE +, + +921 m + +elev., coll. + +27 June 2018 + + +. + + + + +Diagnosis. +A bisexual species of + +Hemiphyllodactylus + +having the unique combination of maximum SVL 39.0 mm; chin scales eight; intersupranasal scales three; circumnasal scales five; supralabial scales 9–11; infralabial scales 8–11; dorsal scales within one diameter of eye 23–24; ventral scales within one diameter of eye 15–16; SubdigLam FI 3–4; SubdigLam FII–V 4554; SubdigLam FTot 18; Subdig TI 3–4; SubdigLam TII–V 4555; SubditLam TTot 19; PreCloFem Pores in males 15, continuous; and cloacal spurs 2–3 on each side. + + + + + +Description of +holotype + +. Adult male with SVL +35.9 mm +; head triangular in dorsal profile, distinct from neck, HL +9.2 mm +, longer than width, HW +6.4 mm +, slightly depressed, HD 4.0 mm; snout relatively rounded in dorsal profile, SnEyeD +3.7 mm +, 40% HL; eye rounded, relatively moderate in size, EyeD +2.5 mm +; ear oval, EarDH 1.0 mm, EarDV +0.6 mm +; Eye-EarD 3.0 mm, slightly larger than EyeD. Rostral subrectangular with median notch dorsally, +1.8 mm +in width, +0.8 mm +in depth, in contact with first supralabials laterally, with supranasals and intersupranasals dorsally; supranasals two, similar in size, separated by intersupranasals; intersupranasals three, much smaller than supranasals; circumnasal scales five; external nares in contact with rostral anteriorly, supralabials ventrally, supranasals dorsally, postnasals posteriorly; postnasal scales two; lore oblique dorsally; canthus rostralis rounded, slightly depressed anteriorly; frontal region slightly concave; supralabials 11R/11L, subrectangular, tapering posteriorly, first the largest, 11 +th +the smallest; infralabials 11R/11L, subrectangular, tapering posteriorly, first the largest, 11 +th +the smallest. Scales on top of head, nuchal region small, rounded, granular, homogenous; scales on supraocular regions similar to those on rostrum, strongly granular, slightly larger than those on top of head; mental relatively small, triangular, +0.8 mm +in width, +0.5 mm +in length, in contact with infralabial laterally, two chin scales posteriorly; chin scales eight, the two postmentals largest, enlarged relative to surrounding scales. + + +Body small, elongated, depressed ventrally, TrunkL +17.4 mm +, 48% of SVL; dorsal scales within one diameter of eye transversely across mid-dorsum 23, small, granular, lacking enlarged emerging tubercles; scales on flanks similar in size to those on dorsum; ventral scales within one diameter of eye 16, smooth, imbricate; ventrolateral fold absent; enlarged precloacal and femoral scales 16, continuous, bearing 15 pores, the last one on the right femur poreless; postcloacal spurs on lateral tail base three on each side; hemipenial swelling present. Forelimb relatively short, bearing five fingers with strongly curved claws, on tip of free terminal phalanx, except first finger vestigial, cone-shaped; Fingers II–V with expanded pads; enlarged subdigital lamellae wider than long, on Finger I 4R/4L; proximal subdigital lamellae on Fingers II–V undivided, angular, with U-shape distal subdigital lamellae divided, distal lamellae formula of Fingers II–V 4554 on each side, total lamellae on Fingers II–V 18; scales on forearm and fingers flat, slightly imbricate dorsally and ventrally; scales on palmar region flat, subimbricate; hindlimb longer, more robust than forelimb, with larger, flat, dorsally juxtaposed, scales, those on anterior thigh larger than those on posterior thigh; scales on plantar region flat, subimbricate; hemipenial sheath present; hindlimb bearing five toes with unsheathed claws except first toe vestigial, cone-shaped, distal portion of toes strongly curved, terminal joint free; enlarged subdigital lamellae on Toe I 4R/4L; proximal subdigital lamellae on Toes II–V undivided, angular, with U-shape distal subdigital lamellae divided, distal lamellae formular on Toes II–V 4555 on each side, total lamellae on Toes II–V 19; tail short, TaL 21.1. mm, regenerated, depressed, tapering posteriorly; dorsal caudal region with small scales anteriorly similar to those on body, larger scales posteriorly; subcaudal scales not enlarged, homogenous, slightly larger than those on lateral caudal scales ( +Table 1 +). + + + +Coloration of +holotype +in life. + +Dorsal ground color of head, dorsum, flanks, limbs grey-brown with irregular, variable, dark brown grey markings, more distinct on vertebral region; rostrum dark brown; supralabials and infralabials with dark brown spots; dark brown stripe from nostril through eye to level of rear of mandible; indistinct, light grey vertebral line present; flanks with light brown irregularly netting with dark brown blotches variable in size and shape; dark brown crossbars on limbs; orangish postsacral chevron marking, complete across sacrum; orangish color on posterior and ventral surface of thigh and hemipenial sheath; tail light brown with elongated dark brown markings. + + + +Coloration of +holotype +in preservative. + +Body light brown with small dark spots on scales and between scales on head, rostrum, body, flanks, and tail; chin, throat, venter, limbs, palmar and plantar surfaces whitish with dark brown spots on scales and between scales; enlarged precloacal and femoral scales white; hemipenial sheath white; dorsal surface of tail base dark brown with light brown V-shaped marking; dark brown on dorsal caudal and caudal scales. + + + +TABLE 1. +Morphological measurements of + +Hemiphyllodactylus + +geckos from the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia. R and L refer to right and left side characters. An asterisk (*) indicates a regenerated tail. Abbreviations defined in the text. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Character + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov. + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov. + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus typus + +
NCSM 98991NCSM 98992CBC 03119CBC 01693CBC 01377CBC 02880CBC 03120
MaleFemaleFemaleFemaleMaleMaleFemale
SVL35.936.639.040.945.941.128.9
TaL21.1*24.8*-17.4*17.6*34.923.3
TaL:SVL-----0.8490.806
TrunkL17.418.619.520.422.921.714.8
TrunkL:SVL0.4850.5080.5000.4990.5000.5280.512
HL9.29.39.010.311.28.96.6
HL:SVL0.2560.2540.2310.2520.2450.2170.228
HW6.46.26.46.77.65.43.9
HD4.03.84.04.24.93.82.8
SnEyeD3.73.74.13.84.13.42.9
EyeD2.52.52.52.52.52.11.6
Eye-EarD3.02.92.93.13.82.62.1
EarDH1.00.60.60.91.00.50.3
EarDV0.60.50.40.81.00.60.2
Chins8888899
Intersupranasals3332211
Circumnasals5554433
Postnasals2R/2L2R/2L2R/2L2R/2L2R/2L1R/1L1R/1L
Supralabials11R/11L9R/10L9R/10L12R/11L10R/11L11R/11L10R/10L
Infralabials11R/11L9R/9L9R/8L9R/10L10R/10L9R/10L10R/10L
Dorsals23232418181819
Ventrals1615151091616
SubdigLam FI3R/3L3R/3L3R/4L4R/4L4R/4L4R/4L3R/3L
SubdigLam FII–V4554R/4554L4554R/4554L4554R/4554L4554R/4554L4554R/4554L4444R/4444L4444R/4444L
SubdigLam FTot18181818181616
SubdigLam TI4R/4L4R/4L3R/4L4R/4L4R/4L4R/4L4R/4L
SubdigLam TII–V4555R/4555L4555R/4555L4555R/4555L4555R/5555L5665R/5665L5555R/5555L5555R/5555L
SubdigLam TTot19191919222020
PreCloFem Pores15damagedabsentabsentabsentabsentabsent
PreClo Scales15damaged1610111312
Cloacal Spurs3R/3L2R/2L3R/3L3R/2L2R/2L2R/3L2R/2L
+ + +Variation +. Morphometric and meristic characters of the type series are presented in +Table 1 +. +Paratype +CBC 03119 has 24 dorsal scales within one diameter of the eye (vs. +23 in +the +holotype +). Both +paratypes +have 15 ventral scales (vs. +16 in +the +holotype +). Females lack precloacal and femoral pores. + + + + +Distribution and natural history +. The new species is currently known only from +921–1,073 m +elevation at Preah Monivong Bokor National Park in Teuk Chou District, +Kampot Province +, +Cambodia +. The +holotype +male was collected in a crevice under a balancing top-boulder on a large outcrop at the edge of the escarpment ( +Fig. 3 +) during the day (1311 hr) in light rain. +Paratype +female CBC 03119 was found at night (1935 hr) on a palm frond +0.5 m +above the ground in semi-evergreen forest. +Paratype +female NCSM 98992 was found at night (2003 hr) on the exterior concrete wall of the ruins of a French colonial house near Popokvil Waterfall in montane shrub forest. + + + + +Etymology +. The specific epithet + +bokor + +is an invariable noun in apposition in reference to the +type +locality in Preah Monivong Bokor National Park, +Kampot Province +, +Cambodia +. The suggested common name is Bokor Slender Gecko (English). + + + + +Comparisons. + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov. + +is phylogenetically related to other species from the southern Indochinese peninsula, specifically + +H. indosobrinus + +from southern +Laos +, the Phnom Samkos taxon, + +H. flaviventris + +from eastern +Thailand +, and + +H. cattien + +and + +H. dalatensis + +from southern +Vietnam +, as well as a clade of six species from +India +, specifically + +H. arakuensis + +, + +H. aurantiacus + +, + +H. goaensis + +, + +H. jnana + +, + +H. kolliensis + +, and + +H. minimus + +. + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov. + +is the sister taxon to + +H. indosobrinus + +( +Fig. 2 +), but differs by having chin scales nine (vs. eight in + +H. indosobrinus + +), supralabials 9–11 (vs. +15 in + +H. indosobrinus + +), infralabials 8–11 (vs. +12 in + +H. indosobrinus + +), dorsal scales 23–24 (vs. +30 in + +H. indosobrinus + +), ventral scales 15–16 (vs. +11 in + +H. indosobrinus + +), and number of precloacal and femoral pores 15 (vs. +18 in + +H. indosobrinus + +). + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov. + +differs from the Phnom Samkos taxon (below) by having smaller body size, with maximum SVL 39.0 mm (vs. +45.9 mm +in the Phnom Samkos taxon), circumnasals five (vs. four in the Phnom Samkos taxon), intersupranasals three (vs. two in Phnom Samkos taxon), ventral scales within one diameter of eye 15–16 (vs. +9–10 in +the Phnom Samkos taxon), and precloacal and femoral pores present and continuous (vs. absent in the Phnom Samkos taxon). + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov. + +differs from + +H. flaviventris + +by having dorsal scales within one diameter of eye 23–24 (vs. +18 in + +H. flaviventris + +), ventral scales 15–16 (vs. +8–10 in + +H. flaviventris + +), subdigital lamellae on Finger I 3–4 (vs. five in + +H. flaviventris + +), subdigital lamellae on Toe I 3–4 (vs. five in + +H. flaviventris + +), subdigital lamellae on Fingers II–IV 4554 (vs. +4444 in + +H. flaviventris + +); and number of precloacal and femoral pores 15 (vs. +19–20 in + +H. flaviventris + +). + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov. + +differs from + +H. cattien + +by having larger body size, with maximum SVL 39.0 mm (vs. +35.1 mm +in + +H. cattien + +), chin scales eight (vs. seven in + +H. cattien + +), dorsal scales within one diameter of eye 23–24 (vs. +20 in + +H. cattien + +), ventral scales 15–16 (vs. +11 in + +H. cattien + +), subdigital lamellae on Finger I 3–4 (vs. five in + +H. cattien + +), subdigital lamellae on Toe I 3–4 (vs. six in + +H. cattien + +), number of precloacal and femoral pores 15 (vs. +19 in + +H. cattien + +), and cloacal spurs 2–3 (vs. one in + +H. cattien + +). + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov. + +differs from + +H. dalatensis + +by having smaller body size, with maximum SVL 39.0 mm (vs. +45.9 mm +in + +H. dalatensis + +), circumnasal scales five (vs. three in + +H. dalatensis + +), dorsal scales within one diameter of eye 23–24 (vs. +16 in + +H. dalatensis + +), ventral scales 15–16 (vs. +8–9 in + +H. dalatensis + +), subdigital lamellae on Toes II–V 4555 (vs. 5666R/5665L in + +H. dalatensis + +), and precloacal and femoral pores 15 (vs. +23–25 in + +H. dalatensis + +). + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov +. + +readily differs from its six Indian relatives + +H. arakuensis + +, + +H. aurantiacus + +, + +H. goaensis + +, + +H. jnana + +, + +H. kolliensis + +, and + +H. minimus + +by having dorsal scales within one diameter of eye 23–24 (vs. +13–16 in + +H. arakuensis + +, +11–17 in + +H. aurantiacus + +, +16–18 in + +H. goaensis + +, +16–20 in + +H. jnana + +, +16 in + +H. kolliensis + +, and +15–18 in + +H. minimus + +); SubdigLam FII–V 4554 (vs. +2222 in + +H. arakuensis + +, 222(3)2(3) in + +H. aurantiacus + +, +2222 in + +H. goaensis + +, +2222 in + +H. jnana + +, +2222 in + +H. kolliensis + +, and +2222 in + +H. minimus + +); SubdigLam FTot 18 (vs. +11–12 in + +H. arakuensis + +, eight in + +H. aurantiacus + +, +10–11 in + +H. goaensis + +, eight in + +H. jnana + +, eight in + +H. kolliensis + +, and +10–11 in + +H. minimus + +); SubdigLam TII–V 4555 (vs. 2(3) +333 in + +H. arakuensis + +, 22(3)2(3) in + +H. aurantiacus + +, 2(3)2(3) +33 in + +H. goaensis + +, +2222 in + +H. jnana + +, +2222 in + +H. kolliensis + +, and 233(2) +3 in + +H. minimus + +); and SubdigLam TTot 19 (vs. +11–12 in + +H. arakuensis + +, +9–12 in + +H. aurantiacus + +, +10–11 in + +H. goaensis + +, eight in + +H. jnana + +, eight in + +H. kolliensis + +, and +10–11 in + +H. minimus + +). + + +Although not phylogenetically closely related to + +H. yunnanensis + +( +Fig. 2 +), populations from the Cardamom Mountains have been previously referred in the literature to that species (e.g., +Zug 2010 +). + +Hemiphyllodactylus bokor + + +sp. nov. + +differs from + +H. yunnanensis + +by having smaller body size, maximum SVL 39.0 mm (vs. +49.3 mm +in + +H. yunnanensis + +), circumnasal scales five (vs. +2–4 in + +H. yunnanensis + +), ventral scales 15–16 (vs. +6–12 in + +H. yunnanensis + +), SubdigLam FII–V 4554 (vs. +3333 in + +H. yunnanensis + +), and SubdigLam TII–V 4555 (vs. +3444 in + +H. yunnanensis + +). + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/D1/6B/87/D16B87DFFFAB7F60FF16FF0FF02CF853.xml b/data/D1/6B/87/D16B87DFFFAB7F60FF16FF0FF02CF853.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d6c53135d43 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/D1/6B/87/D16B87DFFFAB7F60FF16FF0FF02CF853.xml @@ -0,0 +1,882 @@ + + + +Review of the Slender Geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemiphyllodactylus) of the Cardamom Mountains of southwestern Cambodia, with descriptions of two new species and one country record + + + +Author + +Neang, Thy +0000-0002-2713-1639 +Wild Earth Allies, 77 a, Street Beton, Bayap Village, Sangkat Kork Khleang, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh, Cambodia +thyneang9@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Samorn, Vireak +0009-0008-7341-1931 +Wild Earth Allies, 77 a, Street Beton, Bayap Village, Sangkat Kork Khleang, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh, Cambodia +samornvireak168@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Hun, Seiha +0009-0004-0147-1565 +Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Processing, National Meanchey University, Krong Serei Sophaon, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia +seiha.hun@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Henson, Adam +0009-0005-1902-6715 +Wild Earth Allies, 2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 900, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, USA +ahenson@wildearthallies.org + + + +Author + +Stuart, Bryan L. +0000-0003-4719-1951 +North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601, USA +bryan.stuart@naturalsciences.org + +text + + +Zootaxa + + +2024 + +2024-11-11 + + +5537 + + +3 + + +377 +394 + + + + +http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.5 + +journal article +10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.5 +1175-5326 +14240017 +63A1A774-71AB-4091-9682-8B05CAF7954A + + + + + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + +sp. nov. + + + + + + +Fig. 4 + + + + + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus +cf. +yunnanensis +Grismer, Neang, Chav, Wood, Oaks, Holden, Grismer, Szutz & Youmans, 2008b:169 + + +; + +Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Quah, McGuire, Brown, Ngo & Pham, 2013:880 + +; + +Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Quah, Muin, Chan, Sumarli & Loredo, 2015:876 + +; + +Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Li, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017:915 + +; + +Grismer, Wood, Zug, Thura, Grismer, Murdoch, Quah & Lin, 2018:316 + +. + + + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus +sp. + + +Neang, Hartmann, Hun, Souter & Furey, 2014:73 + +. + + + + + + + +Holotype +. + +CBC 01693 +(field tag NT 00815), +adult female +, +Cambodia +, +Pursat Province +, +Veal Veng District +, +Phnom Dalai +, +Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary +, +12.41392ºN +, +103.10361ºE +, + +1,106 m + +elev., coll. + +20 June 2011 + +by +Thy Neang +. + + + + +FIGURE 4. +Holotype of + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov. + +(CBC 01693) in life (A) and in preservative with views of dorsum (B), venter (C), subdigital lamellae of hands (D), and subdigital lamellae of left foot (E). Habitat at the type locality of + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov. + +at Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Veal Veng District, Pursat Province, Cambodia (F). + + + + + +Paratype + +. +CBC 01377 +(field tag NT 00593), +adult male +, +Cambodia +, +Pursat Province +, +Veal Veng District +, +Khnorng Tracheak +, +Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary +, +12.15511ºN +, +102.98882ºE +, + +1,290 m + +elev., coll. + +14 December 2010 + +by +Thy Neang + +. + + +Referred material. + +LSUHC 8242 +, +adult female +, +Cambodia +, +Pursat Province +, +Phnom Tumpor +, +Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary +, +14.15790ºN +, +103.48008ºE +, + +1,100 m + +elev., coll. + +8 May 2006 + +by +L. Lee Grismer +, +Thy Neang +, +et al + +. + + + + +Diagnosis. +A bisexual species of + +Hemiphyllodactylus + +having the unique combination of maximum SVL +45.9 mm +; chin scales eight; intersupranasal scales two; circumnasal scales four; supralabial scales 10–12; infralabial scales 9–10; dorsal scales within one diameter of eye 18; ventral scales 9–10; SubdigLam FI four; SubdigLam FII–V 4554; SubdigLam FTot 18; Subdig TI four; SubdigLam TII–V 4(5)555R/5665L; SubditLam TTot 19–22; PreCloFem Pores absent; and cloacal Spurs 2–3 on each side. + + + + + +Description of +holotype + +. Adult female, SVL +40.9 mm +; head triangular in dorsal profile, distinct from neck, HL +10.3 mm +, longer than wide, HW +6.7 mm +, slightly depressed, HD +4.2 mm +; rostrum relatively long, rounded in dorsal profile, SnEyeD +3.8 mm +, 37% of HL; eye rounded, relatively moderate in size, EyeD +2.5 mm +; ear oval, EarDH +0.9 mm +, EarDV +0.8 mm +; Eye-EarD +3.1 mm +, slightly larger than ED. Rostral subrectangular with median notch dorsally, +1.9 mm +in width, +0.9 mm +high, in contact with first supralabials laterally, supranasals, intersupranasals dorsally; supranasals two, similar in size, separated by intersupranasals; intersupranasals two, much smaller than supranasals; circumnasal scales four; external nares in contact with rostral anteriorly, supralabials ventrally, supranasals dorsally, postnasals posteriorly; postnasal scales 2R/2L; lore oblique dorsally; canthus rostralis rounded, slightly depressed anteriorly; frontal region slightly concave; supralabials 12R/11L, subrectangular, first the largest, tapering posteriorly, 12 +th +/ 11 +th +the smallest on right and left sides respectively; infralabials 9R/10L, subrectangular, tapering posteriorly, first the largest, 9 +th +and 10 +th +the smallest on right and left sides respectively. + + +Scales on top of head, lore, nuchal region small, rounded, granular, homogenous; scales on supraocular regions similar to those on rostrum, strongly granular, slightly larger than those on top of head; a row of slightly enlarged scales immediately bordering above supralabials; two rows of subimbricate superciliaries, relatively flat, squarish, subimbricate, largest anteriorly, smallest posteriorly; mental relatively small, triangular, +1.1 mm +in width, +0.9 mm +in length, in contact with infralabials laterally, two postmental scales posteriorly; postmentals two, distinctly enlarged, in contact with each other medially, mental anteriorly, enlarged scales laterally, gular scales posteriorly; chin scales eight, the two postmentals largest; gular scales immediately posterior to postmentals enlarged, larger than those granular on gular and anterior throat region; posterior throat flat, imbricate, similar to those on ventral scales. + + +Body small, elongated, depressed ventrally, TrunkL +20.4 mm +, 50% of SVL; dorsal scales within one diameter of eye transversely across mid-dorsum 18, small, granular, lacking enlarged emerging tubercles; scales on upper flanks similar in size to those on dorsum, on lower flanks larger, slightly flat, subimbricate, grading into flat ventral scales; ventral scales within one diameter of eye 10, flat, smooth, imbricate; ventrolateral fold absent; enlarged precloacal scales 10; enlarged femoral scales absent; postcloacal spurs 3R/2L on lateral tail base; forelimb relatively short, bearing five fingers with strongly unsheathed curved claws, on tip of free terminal phalanx, except first finger vestigial, cone-shaped. Fingers II–V with expanded pads; enlarged subdigital lamellae wider than long, on Finger I 4R/4L; proximal subdigital lamellae on Fingers II–V undivided, angular, with U-shape distal subdigital lamellae divided, distal lamellae formula of Fingers II–V 4554 on each side, total lamellae on Fingers II–V 18; forearm and fingers with flat scales, subimbricate dorsally and ventrally; palmar with flat scales, subimbricate; hindlimb long, more robust than forelimb, with flat, dorsally juxtaposed, larger scales, those on anterior thigh larger than those on posterior thigh; scales on plantar region flat, subimbricate; hindlimb bearing five toes with unsheathed claws except Toe I vestigial, cone-shaped, distal portion of toes strongly curved, terminal joint free; enlarged subdigital lamellae on Toe I 4R/4L; proximal subdigital lamellae on Toes II–V undivided, angular, with U-shape distal subdigital lamellae divided, distal lamellae formula of Toes II–V 4555R/5555L, total lamellae on Toes II–V 19R/20L; tail short, TaL +17.4 mm +, regenerated, depressed, tapering posteriorly; dorsal caudal scales small, flat anteriorly, larger posteriorly; caudal scales small anteriorly, larger posteriorly, slightly larger than lateral and dorsal caudal scales ( +Table 1 +). + + + +Coloration of +holotype +in life. + +Ground color of head, body, flanks and limbs light brown to gray with dark and greyish irregularly shaped markings; grey color arranged mostly as transverse crossbars; rostrum dark brown with scattered light brown markings; light tan-brown stripe begins posterior to supranasals, extends along canthus rostralis above eye to level of above tympanum; larger dark brown stripe bordered below the light tan brown begins from postnasals along loreal through eye, above tympanum to forelimb insertion; rostral, supralabials and infralabials dark brown; dorsal surface of limbs with dark brown markings; tail regenerated, light brown anteriorly, dark brown posteriorly; irregular dark brown postsacral marking bordered posteriorly by white scales. + + + +Coloration of +holotype +in preservative. + +Dark brown markings faded, greyish markings faded to whitish; dorsal surface of head, body, flanks, and limbs purely light brown with small dark brown spots on scales and between scales; chin whitish; throat, ventral surfaces of body, limbs and tail whitish with tiny dark stippling on scales, except anterior section of regenerated fragment on tail distinctly brown. + + +Variation +. Morphometric and meristic characters of the type series are presented in +Table 1 +. The +paratype +has a subdigital lamellar formula on Toes II–V 5665 (vs. 4555R/5555L in the +holotype +), ventral scales within one diameter of eye nine (vs. +10 in +holotype +), and enlarged precloacal scales 11 (vs. +10 in +holotype +). + + + + +Distribution and natural history +. The new species is currently known only from + +1,106 +–1,290 +m + +elevation at Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Veal Veng District, +Pursat Province +, +Cambodia +. The +holotype +was found during the day under a rotten log in primary forest ( +Fig. 4 +). The +paratype +dropped during the day from a tree branch approximately +15 m +above the ground in submontane forest and landed on the foot of a local guide accompanying the collector. + + + + +Etymology. +The specific epithet is an invariable noun in apposition in reference to the +type +locality in Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, +Pursat Province +, +Cambodia +. The suggested common name is Samkos Slender Gecko (English). + + + + +Comparisons. + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov. + +is phylogenetically related to other species from the southern Indochinese peninsula, specifically + +H. indosobrinus + +from southern +Laos +, + +H. bokor + + +sp. nov. + +, + +H. flaviventris + +from eastern +Thailand +, and + +H. cattien + +and + +H. dalatensis + +from southern +Vietnam +, as well as a clade of six species from +India +, specifically + +H. arakuensis + +, + +H. aurantiacus + +, + +H. goaensis + +, + +H. jnana + +, + +H. kolliensis + +, and + +H. minimus + +. + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov. + +is the sister taxon to + +H. flaviventris + +from eastern +Thailand +, but differs by having larger body size, with maximum SVL +45.9 mm +(vs. +39.2 mm +in + +H. flaviventris + +), circumnasals four (vs. five in + +H. flaviventris + +), subdigital lamellae on Fingers II–V 4554 (vs. +4444 in + +H. flaviventris + +), subdigital lamellae on Toes II–V 4(5)555R/5665L (vs. +4555 in + +H. flaviventris + +), lamellae on Finger I four (vs. five in + +H. flaviventris + +), lamellae on Toe I four (vs. five in + +H. flaviventris + +), and precloacal and femoral pores absent [vs. present (19–20) in + +H. flaviventris + +]. + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov. + +differs from + +H. bokor + + +sp. nov. + +by having larger body size, with maximum SVL +45.9 mm +(vs. 39.0 mm in + +H. bokor + + +sp. nov. + +), circumnasals four (vs. five in + +H. bokor + + +sp. nov. + +), intersupranasals two (vs. three in + +H. bokor + + +sp. nov. + +), ventral scales within one diameter of eye 9–10 (vs. +15–16 in + +H. bokor + + +sp. nov. + +), and lacking precloacal and femoral pores [vs. present (15) in + +H. bokor + + +sp. nov. + +]. + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov. + +differs from + +H. indosobrinus + +by having circumnasals four (vs. three in + +H. indosobrinus + +), intersupranasals two (vs. three in + +H. indosobrinus + +), supralabials 10–12 (vs. +15 in + +H. indosobrinus + +), infralabials 9–10 (vs. +12 in + +H. indosobrinus + +), dorsal scales within one diameter of eye 18 (vs. +30 in + +H. indosobrinus + +), subdigital lamellae on Toe I four (vs. five in + +H. indosobrinus + +), lacking precloacal and femoral pores [vs. present (18) in + +H. indosobrinus + +], and precloacal spurs on each side of tail base 2–3 (vs. one in + +H. indosobrinus + +). + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov. + +differs from + +H. cattien + +by having larger body size, with maximum SVL +45.9 mm +(vs. +35.1 mm +in + +H. cattien + +), chin scales eight (vs. seven in + +H. cattien + +), circumnasals four (vs. five in + +H. cattien + +), intersupranasals two (vs. three in + +H. cattien + +), dorsal scales within one diameter of eye 18 (vs. +20 in + +H. cattien + +), subdigital lamellae on Fingers II–V 4554 (vs. +4444 in + +H. cattien + +), subdigital lamellae on Finger I four (vs. five in + +H. cattien + +), subdigital lamellae on Toe I four (vs. six in + +H. cattien + +), lacking precloacal and femoral pores [vs. present (19) in + +H. cattien + +], and precloacal spurs on each side of tail base 2–3 (vs. one in + +H. cattien + +). + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov. + +differs from + +H. dalatensis + +by having circumnasals four (vs. three in + +H. dalatensis + +), dorsal scales within one eye 18 (vs. +16 in + +H. dalatensis + +), and lacking precloacal and femoral pores [vs. present (23–25) in + +H. dalatensis + +]. + + + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov +. + +readily differs from its six Indian relatives + +H. arakuensis + +, + +H. aurantiacus + +, + +H. goaensis + +, + +H. jnana + +, + +H. kolliensis + +, and + +H. minimus + +by having SubdigLam FII–V 4554 (vs. +2222 in + +H. arakuensis + +, +2222 in + +H. aurantiacus + +, +2222 in + +H. goaensis + +, +2222 in + +H. jnana + +, +2222 in + +H. kolliensis + +, and +2222 in + +H. minimus + +); SubdigLam FTot 18 (vs. eight in all six Indian species); SubdigLam TII–V 4(5)555R/5665L (vs. 2(3) +333 in + +H. arakuensis + +, 2(3)2(3) +33 in + +H. aurantiacus + +, 232(3) +3 in + +H. goaensis + +, +2222 in + +H. jnana + +, +2222 in + +H. kolliensis + +, and 2332(3) in + +H. minimus + +); SubdigLam TTot 19–22 (vs. +11–12 in + +H. arakuensis + +, +9–12 in + +H. aurantiacus + +, +10–11 in + +H. goaensis + +, eight in + +H. jnana + +, eight in + +H. kolliensis + +, and +10–11 in + +H. minimus + +); and lacking precloacal and femoral pores (vs. present in all six Indian species). + + +Although not phylogenetically closely related to + +H. yunnanensis + +( +Fig. 2 +), populations from the Cardamom Mountains have been previously referred in the literature to that species (e.g., +Zug 2010 +). + +Hemiphyllodactylus samkos + + +sp. nov. + +differs from + +H. yunnanensis + +by having smaller body size, maximum SVL +45.9 mm +(vs. +49.3 mm +in + +H. yunnanensis + +), circumnasal scales four (vs. +2–4 in + +H. yunnanensis + +), ventral scales 9–10 (vs. +6–12 in + +H. yunnanensis + +), SubdigLam FII–V 4554 (vs. +3333 in + +H. yunnanensis + +), and SubdigLam TII–V 4555–5665 (vs. +3444 in + +H. yunnanensis + +). + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/D1/6B/87/D16B87DFFFAE7F65FF16FF0FF3D0FF13.xml b/data/D1/6B/87/D16B87DFFFAE7F65FF16FF0FF3D0FF13.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c84e8095baa --- /dev/null +++ b/data/D1/6B/87/D16B87DFFFAE7F65FF16FF0FF3D0FF13.xml @@ -0,0 +1,308 @@ + + + +Review of the Slender Geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemiphyllodactylus) of the Cardamom Mountains of southwestern Cambodia, with descriptions of two new species and one country record + + + +Author + +Neang, Thy +0000-0002-2713-1639 +Wild Earth Allies, 77 a, Street Beton, Bayap Village, Sangkat Kork Khleang, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh, Cambodia +thyneang9@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Samorn, Vireak +0009-0008-7341-1931 +Wild Earth Allies, 77 a, Street Beton, Bayap Village, Sangkat Kork Khleang, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh, Cambodia +samornvireak168@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Hun, Seiha +0009-0004-0147-1565 +Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Processing, National Meanchey University, Krong Serei Sophaon, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia +seiha.hun@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Henson, Adam +0009-0005-1902-6715 +Wild Earth Allies, 2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 900, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, USA +ahenson@wildearthallies.org + + + +Author + +Stuart, Bryan L. +0000-0003-4719-1951 +North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601, USA +bryan.stuart@naturalsciences.org + +text + + +Zootaxa + + +2024 + +2024-11-11 + + +5537 + + +3 + + +377 +394 + + + + +http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.5 + +journal article +10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.5 +1175-5326 +14240017 +63A1A774-71AB-4091-9682-8B05CAF7954A + + + + + + +New country records of + + +Hemiphyllodactylus +typus + +Bleeker, 1860 + +( +Fig. 5 +) + + + + + + +Material examined. + +CBC 03120 +(field tag NT 01257), +subadult female +, +Cambodia +, +Kampot Province +, +Teuk Chou District +, +Preah Monivong Bokor National Park +, +10.60581ºN +, +104.02975ºE +, + +400 m + +elev., coll. + +12 June 2017 + +by +Thy Neang +. + + +CBC 02880 +(field tag NT 00944), +adult male +, +Cambodia +, +Kampot Province +, +Teuk Chou District +, +Preah Monivong Bokor National Park +, +10.78261ºN +, +104.07873ºE +, + +192 m + +elev., coll. + +22 October 2012 + +by +Seiha Hun. +( +Fig. 1 +). + + + + + +Diagnosis. +The Cambodian specimens match the expanded description of this species by +Zug (2010) +in having small slender body with short limbs, maximum SVL 41.1, TaL/SVL +0.806 +–0.849 +, HL/SVL +0.217 +–0.228 +, HW/SVL 0.131–135, HW/HL 0.648, TrunkL/SVL +0.512 +–0.528 +, EyeD/HL +0.236 +–0.242 +, SnEyeD/HL +0.383 +–0.439 +, chin scales nine, circumnasal scales three, dorsal scales 18–19, postcloacal spurs 2–3. However, the Cambodian specimens have more (16) ventral scales (vs. +8–14 in + + +H. +typus + + +in +Zug 2010 +), 4444 lamellae on Fingers II– +V +(vs. +3444 in +Zug 2010 +), and 5555 lamellae on Toes II– +V +(vs. +4454 in +Zug 2010 +). The finding of a male specimen (CBC 02880) verifies that the species is bisexual, as reported by +Taylor (1963) +. + + + + +Description of CBC 03120 +. A subadult female with SVL +28.9 mm +; head small, triangular in dorsal profile, slightly distinct from neck, HL +6.6 mm +, longer than width, HW +3.9 mm +, slightly depressed, HD +2.8 mm +; snout rounded in dorsal profile, SnEyeD +2.9 mm +, 44% HL; eye rounded, relatively small, EyeD +1.6 mm +; ear small, oval, vertically elongated, EarDH +0.3 mm +, EarDV +0.2 mm +; Eye-EarD +2.1 mm +, slightly larger than ED. Rostral subrectangular with median notch dorsally, in contact with first supralabials laterally, supranasals, intersupranasals dorsally; supranasals two, similar in size, separated by an intersupranasal; intersupranasals single, much smaller than supranasals; circumnasal scales three; external nares in contact with rostral anteriorly, supralabials ventrally, supranasals dorsally, postnasals posteriorly; postnasal scale single, large, 1/3–1/4 the size of supranasal, in contact with upper protruding part of 1 +st +supralabial; lore slightly concave; canthus rostralis rounded, slightly depressed anteriorly; frontal region slightly concave; supralabials 10 +R +/10L, subrectangular, tapering posteriorly, the first the largest, the 10 +th +the smallest; infralabials 10 +R +/10L, subrectangular, tapering posteriorly, the first the largest, the 10 +th +the smallest. Scales on top of head, nuchal region small, rounded, granular, homogenous; scales on supraocular regions similar to those on rostrum, strongly granular, slightly larger than those on top of head; mental relatively small, triangular, in contact with infralabial laterally, two chin scales posteriorly; chin scales nine, the two postmentals largest. + + +Body small, elongated, depressed ventrally, TrunkL +14.8 mm +, 51% of SVL; dorsal scales within one diameter of eye transversely across mid-dorsum 19, small, granular, lacking enlarged, emerging tubercles; scales on flanks similar in size to those on dorsum; ventral scales within one diameter of eye 16, smooth, imbricate; ventrolateral fold absent; enlarged precloacal and femoral scales absent; postcloacal spurs on lateral tail base 2 +R +/ +2L. +Forelimbs relatively short, slender, bearing five fingers with unsheathed claws except first finger vestigial, cone-shaped; distal portions of fingers strongly curved, terminal joint free; enlarged subdigital lamellae wider than long on Finger I 3 +R +/3L; proximal subdigital lamellae on Fingers II– +V +undivided, with U-shape distal subdigital lamellae divided, distal lamellae formula of Fingers II– +V +4444 on each side, total lamellae on Fingers II– +V +16; forearm and fingers with scales flat, slightly imbricate dorsally and ventrally; palmar region with scales flat, subimbricate; hindlimb longer and more robust than forelimb, with larger, flat, dorsally juxtaposed scales, those on anterior thigh larger than those on posterior thigh; scales on ventral surface of anterior hind limb large, flat, similar to those on ventral scales, those on posterior thigh smaller, denser, more juxtaposed; scales on plantar region flat, subimbricate; hindlimb bearing five toes with unsheathed claws except Toe I vestigial, cone-shaped, distal portion of toes strongly curved, terminal joint free; enlarged subdigital lamellae on Toe I 4 +R +/4L; proximal subdigital lamellae on Toes II– +V +undivided, angular, with U-shape distal subdigital lamellae divided, distal lamellae formula of Toes II– +V +5555 on each side, total lamellae on Toes II– +V +20; tail short, original, TaL +23.3 mm +, 81% of SVL, slightly depressed, tapering posteriorly; dorsal caudal region with small scales anteriorly similar to those on dorsum, larger posteriorly; caudal scales not enlarged, homogenous, slightly larger lateral and dorsal caudal scales ( +Table 1 +). + + +Coloration of CBC 03120 in life +. Dorsal ground color gray with four dark stripes of elongated, broken dark bars, those on dorsum running from top of head to the level of hind limb insertion, that on flank connected anteriorly, more or less broken posteriorly, running from postorbital to groin; preorbital dark brown streak; sparse grayish white to rusty white on rostrum, top of head dorsum, dorsal surface of limbs darker gray with dark transverse bars; digits with distinct rusty white speckling; orange spot near tip of each digit; dark chevron at tail base; dorsal surface of tail with light to dark brown with rusty white blotches; dark lateral caudal stripe, distinct anteriorly, indistinct posteriorly. + + + +FIGURE 5. +Subadult female of + +Hemiphyllodactylus typus + +(CBC 03120) in life (A) and its habitat at Preah Monivong Bokor National Park, Kampot Province, Cambodia (B). + + + +Coloration of CBC 03120 in preservative +. Mostly unchanged, except that dorsal gray coloration faded to light brown, rusty color faded to white, and ventral surfaces white with small dark brown speckling on scales. + + + + +Distribution and natural history +. This species is known in +Cambodia +from semi-evergreen forest between +192–400 m +elevation in Preah Monivong Bokor National Park, Teuk Chou District, +Kampot Province +( +Fig. 5 +). CBC 03120 was found at night on a leaf of an herbaceous plant +0.3 m +above the ground along a logging trail and CBC 02880 was found during the day under a log. + + + + \ No newline at end of file