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
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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 lanei
Smith, 1935
Holotype
.
Adult male,
CNHM 100067
, collected by
Edward H.
Taylor and
Hobart M.
Smith near Tierra Colorada
Guerrero
,
June 30, 1932
.
Diagnosis.
A large gecko according to
Dixon (1964)
attaining a snout-vent length of
78 mm
. This observation agrees with ours, as the largest species in the
P. lanei
complex are
P. lanei
,
P. benedettii
and
P. lupitae
. Has more than 30 tubercles from head to tail (33.2), similar to
P. isabelae
(32.2) and
P. muralis
(33.6). The other species of the
P. lanei
complex have fewer than 30,
P. lupitae
(28.8),
P. rupinus
(28),
P. benedettii
(27.4),
P. kropotkini
(28.4). Other species of geckos with more tubercles are
P. t. magnus
(37) and
P. tuberculosus
(36.4).
Phyllodactylus lanei
presents 30 scales across the venter similar to
P. kropotkini
(30.6) and
P. tuberculosus
(30.2), but differing from
P. isabelae
(27.8),
P. lupitae
(24.6),
P. rupinus
(26.5),
P. benedettii
(29.1) and
P. t. magnus
(27.3).
Distribution.
This species is restricted to the localities of Tierra Colorada and Chilpancingo,
Guerrero
and adjacent locations of medium-low altitude localities.