Taxonomic changes and description of two new species for the Phyllodactylus lanei complex (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) in Mexico
Author
Ramírez-Reyes, Tonatiuh
Author
Flores-Villela, Oscar
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-10
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2
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4407.2.1
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Phyllodactylus ruPinus
Dixon, 1964
Holotype
.
Adult male. KU 67501, collected by
James R.
Dixon. Mike Sabath, and Richard Worthington. from
7 miles
south Lombardia
, on the bank of the Rio Marquez.
Michoacan
. Elevation 461 meters,
August 25, 1960
.
Diagnosis.
A medium-sized gecko although on average larger than
P. kropotkini
; it presents 28 tubercles from head to tail, similar to
P. lupitae
(28.8) and
P. kropotkini
(28.4). It differs from
P. isabelae
(32.2),
P. lanei
(33.2),
P. benedettii
(27.4),
P. t. magnus
(37),
P. muralis
(33.6) and
P. tuberculosus
(36.4) in tubercular counts.
Phyllodactylus rupinus
presents 14 rows of tubercles across its dorsum similar to
P. t. magnus
(14.3) and
P. tuberculosus
(14), and differs from
P. isabelae
(16.7),
P. lupitae
(14.8),
P. lanei
(15.6),
P. benedettii
(13.8),
P. kropotkini
(13.4) and
P. muralis
(12.2).
Phyllodactylus rupinus
is clearly differentiated from other gecko species because it presents 26.5 scales across venter, while the others present:
P. isabelae
(27.8),
P. lupitae
(24.6),
P. lanei
(30),
P. benedettii
(29.1),
P. kropotkini
(30.6),
P. t. magnus
(27.33),
P. muralis
(33) and
P. tuberculosus
(30.2).
Distribution.
This species is restricted to the locality of Lombardia,
Michoacan
.