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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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4407.2.1
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Phyllodactylus luPitae
Castro-Franco & Uribe-Peña, 1992
Holotype
.
Adult female,
EBUM 1242
collected by
R.
Gonzalo Gaviño de la Torre
on La Peña Island (or
Coral island
),
Nayarit
,
Mexico
,
November 21, 1986
.
Diagnosis.
This is a larger gecko along with
P. lanei
and
P. benedettii
of the
P. lanei
complex. It presents 28.8 tubercles from head to tail, similar to
P. rupinus
(28) and
P. kropotkini
(28.4). These counts differ from the other gecko species:
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).
Phyllodactylus lupitae
differs clearly from the other species as it shows 25.5 third labial–snout scales, the others:
P. isabelae
(21.4),
P. lanei
(21.2),
P. rupinus
(20.6),
P. benedettii
(22.3),
P. kropotkini
(20.2),
P. t. magnus
(24.6),
P. muralis
(25.2) and
P. tuberculosus
(24.2). It is a unique species because it shows 24.6 scales across venter, the others:
P. isabelae
(27.8),
P. lanei
(30),
P. rupinus
(26.5),
P. benedettii
(29.1),
P. kropotkini
(30.6),
P. t. magnus
(27.3),
P. muralis
(33) and
P. tuberculosus
(30.2). Also presents 61.8 longitudinal scales, the others:
P. isabelae
(56.2),
P. lanei
(66),
P. rupinus
(63.6),
P. benedettii
(62.6),
P. kropotkini
(67.6),
P. t. magnus
(54.6),
P. muralis
(59) and
P. tuberculosus
(57.7).
Distribution.
This species is endemic to Coral Island (or La Peña island),
Nayarit
,
Mexico
.