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 4407 2 151 190 journal article 30287 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.2.1 9cf2f92d-0c60-41da-891a-0452fe205926 1175-5326 1216693 0409E956-3B2B-4D8B-A96C-26B70842FC28 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 .