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BD)
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88980FC58FF54F6C8" bold="true" box="[151,245,906,931]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Species.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB889EBFC59FC09F6C9" authority="Linkem, Siler, Diesmos, Sy &amp; Brown, 2010" authorityName="Linkem, Siler, Diesmos, Sy &amp; Brown" authorityYear="2010" box="[252,936,906,931]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="carusadensis">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB889EBFC59FE0FF6C8" box="[252,430,907,931]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. carusadensis</emphasis>
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;
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88AA3FC59FBF1F6C8" box="[948,1104,907,931]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. e r n s t k e l l e r i</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88D4BFC58FE26F6AD" author="Rosler" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Rosler, H., Siler, C. D., Brown, R. M., Demegillo, AD. &amp; Gaulke, M. (2006) Gekko ernstkelleri sp. n. - a new gekkonid lizard from Panay Island, Philippines. Salamandra, 42, 197 - 211." type="journal article" year="2006">Rösler, Siler, Brown, Demegillo &amp; Gaulke, 2006</bibRefCitation>
(
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C);
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88B34FC7DFCE5F6AD" authority="Oshima, 1912" authorityName="Oshima" authorityYear="1912" box="[547,836,942,966]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikuchii">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88B34FC7DFD3AF6AD" box="[547,667,942,966]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88BB4FC7CFCE5F6AD" author="Oshima" box="[675,836,942,966]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Oshima, M. (1912) Description of a new gecko from Botel Tobago Island. Philippine Journal of Science, 7, 241 - 242." type="journal article" year="1912">Oshima, 1912</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88A47FC7DFC56F6AD" box="[848,1015,942,966]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88AE8FC7CFB2FF6AD" author="Taylor" box="[1023,1166,942,966]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1919) New or rare Philippine reptiles. The Philippine Journal of Science, 14, 105 - 125." type="journal article" year="1919">Taylor, 1919</bibRefCitation>
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(
<figureCitation id="09A727898B1BFFB88D8AFC7CFB5CF6AD" box="[1181,1277,942,966]" captionStart="FIGURE 5. A" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1944,1967]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,1129,1922]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1436,1129,1923]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 5. A. Male Gekko vertebralis (G. japonicus group), photo by J. Boone; B. G. monarchus (G. monarchus group), Banggai Islands, Indonesia, photo by A. Koch; C. G. ernstkelleri (G. monarchus group), Panay Island, Philippines, photo by M. Gaulke; D. G. mindorensis (G. monarchus group), Cebu Island, Philippines, photo by M. Gaulke." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/278398/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Figure 5</figureCitation>
D);
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88C3CFC7DFF6AF680" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. m o n a rchus</emphasis>
(
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B);
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88B34FC01FD7AF680" box="[547,731,979,1003]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. palawanensis</emphasis>
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.
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63.0100.0 mm SVL; nares in contact with rostral; nasals 3 (rarely
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); postmentals relatively large; dorsal tubercle rows 1024; precloacal pores 3270; postcloacal tubercles 23 (
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88C28FBC9FF57F13D" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. c a r u - sadensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB8883BFBEDFE43F13D" box="[300,482,1086,1110]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. palawanensis</emphasis>
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); no webbing between fingers and toes; tubercles on fore and hind limbs (not on fore limbs of
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB889EDFBB1FE36F110" box="[250,407,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. ernstkelleri</emphasis>
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); lateral folds without tubercles; subcaudals mostly enlarged, in a longitudinal row; more or less distinct, W-shaped head pattern; light (white to gray), mostly asymmetrically arranged dorsal and lateral flecks.
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westwards to
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and to
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(Aru Islands, Kei Islands, New
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) in the south (
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A);
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88A70FB21FC42F060" box="[871,995,1267,1291]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is endemic to Lanyu
<collectingCountry id="E98B7B9C8B1BFFB88DFCFB20FA93F061" box="[1259,1330,1266,1290]" name="Iceland" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Island</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E98B7B9C8B1BFFB88C55FB20FA36F061" box="[1346,1431,1266,1290]" name="Taiwan" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
; remaining group members are endemic to the
<collectingCountry id="E98B7B9C8B1BFFB88B8DFAC4FCBDF045" box="[666,796,1302,1326]" name="Philippines" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Philippines</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D98668878B1BFFB989D2FAE9FD21F77C" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="18" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB889D2FAE9FE98F038" bold="true" box="[197,313,1339,1363]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88857FAE9FE19F038" box="[320,440,1339,1363]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88B91FAE8FC8EF039" author="Oshima" box="[646,815,1338,1362]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Oshima, M. (1912) Description of a new gecko from Botel Tobago Island. Philippine Journal of Science, 7, 241 - 242." type="journal article" year="1912">Oshima (1912)</bibRefCitation>
from Botel
<collectingCountry id="E98B7B9C8B1BFFB88AAFFAE8FBAAF039" box="[952,1035,1338,1362]" name="Trinidad and Tobago" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Tobago</collectingCountry>
(Lanyu) near
<collectingCountry id="E98B7B9C8B1BFFB88DBCFAE8FAA0F039" box="[1195,1281,1338,1362]" name="Taiwan" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
. Many subsequently published taxonomic papers refer to
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88B8DFA8CFCE7F01D" author="Oshima" box="[666,838,1374,1398]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Oshima, M. (1912) Description of a new gecko from Botel Tobago Island. Philippine Journal of Science, 7, 241 - 242." type="journal article" year="1912">Oshima (1912)</bibRefCitation>
but do not provide further insights in the form of a redescription of the species or new material (e.g.,
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88BDBFA50FCDCF0F1" author="Horikawa" box="[716,893,1410,1434]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Horikawa, Y. (1927) Animals collected on the island of Kotosho by Mr. Sasaki. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa, 17, 295 - 296." type="journal article" year="1927">Horikawa 1927</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88A9DFA51FBD2F0F1" author="Wang" box="[906,1139,1410,1435]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Wang, C. S. &amp; Wang, Y. M. (1956) The reptiles of Taiwan. Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum, 9, 1 - 86." type="journal article" year="1956">Wang &amp; Wang 1956</bibRefCitation>
; Lue
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88DA5FA56FB4AF0F0" box="[1202,1259,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
1988); see also relevant comments in
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88886FA74FDBCF0D5" author="Ota" box="[401,541,1446,1470]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Ota, H. (1989 b) A review of the geckos (Lacertilia: Reptilia) of the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan. In: Matsui, M. Hikida, T. &amp; Goris, R. C. (eds.), Current Herpetology in East Asia, Herpetological Society of Japan, Kyoto, pp. 222 - 261." type="book chapter" year="1989" yearSuffix="b">Ota (1989b)</bibRefCitation>
. In describing
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88BD3FA75FCCAF0D5" box="[708,875,1446,1470]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
,
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88A6EFA74FBB5F0D5" author="Taylor" box="[889,1044,1446,1470]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1919) New or rare Philippine reptiles. The Philippine Journal of Science, 14, 105 - 125." type="journal article" year="1919">Taylor (1919)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
compared the new species with
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88C93FA75FF51F088" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikuchii">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88C93FA75FF51F088" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88830FA19FE63F088" box="[295,450,1483,1507]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monarchus">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88830FA19FE63F088" box="[295,450,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. monarchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. According to
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88B7BFA18FCA8F089" author="Taylor" box="[620,777,1482,1506]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1919) New or rare Philippine reptiles. The Philippine Journal of Science, 14, 105 - 125." type="journal article" year="1919">Taylor (1919)</bibRefCitation>
,
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88A02FA19FC1CF088" box="[789,957,1483,1507]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mindorensis">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88A02FA19FC1CF088" box="[789,957,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the former species by its longer limbs, more preanofemoral pores and by lacking webbing between toes in both sexes;
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88DB5FA3DFAEAF36D" box="[1186,1355,1518,1542]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mindorensis">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88DB5FA3DFAEAF36D" box="[1186,1355,1518,1542]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB889C1F9C1FECCF340" box="[214,365,1555,1579]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. m o n a rc h u s</emphasis>
by a relatively larger ear opening, a larger eye diameter, a smaller interorbital distance, more flattened dorsal tubercles, more ventrals and preanofemoral pores, and a distinctly different dorsal pattern (see also
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88980F988FE8EF319" author="Taylor" box="[151,303,1626,1650]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1922 a) The Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Bureau of Science, Manila, 269 pp., 23 pls." type="book" year="1922" yearSuffix="a">Taylor 1922a</bibRefCitation>
). However,
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB888A1F989FDE9F319" author="Wang" box="[438,584,1626,1651]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Wang, C. S. (1962) The reptiles of Botel-Tobago. Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum, 5, 141 - 190." type="journal article" year="1962">Wang (1962)</bibRefCitation>
pointed to the similarity of
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88A95F989FC59F318" box="[898,1016,1627,1651]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88D2EF989FB73F318" box="[1081,1234,1627,1651]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monarchus">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88D2EF989FB73F318" box="[1081,1234,1627,1651]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. monarchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88C1DF989FF15F3FC" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mindorensis">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88C1DF989FF15F3FC" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB889D5F9ADFE6DF3FD" author="Brown" box="[194,460,1662,1686]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Brown, W. C. &amp; Alcala, A. C. (1978) Philippine lizards of the family Gekkonidae. Silliman University Natural Science Monographs, 1, 1 - 146." type="journal article" year="1978">Brown &amp; Alcala (1978)</bibRefCitation>
redescribed
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88B4CF9ADFCA0F3FD" box="[603,769,1662,1686]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mindorensis">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88B4CF9ADFCA0F3FD" box="[603,769,1662,1686]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on new specimens, but only provided thorough comparisons with
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88821F971FE79F3D0" box="[310,472,1699,1723]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88821F971FE75F3D0" box="[310,468,1699,1723]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monarchus">G. monarchus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
but not with
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88B66F971FD48F3D0" box="[625,745,1699,1723]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikuchii">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88B66F971FD48F3D0" box="[625,745,1699,1723]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Based on the new variation in size and scalation reported in the redescription provided by
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB888F2F915FD51F3B5" author="Brown" box="[485,752,1734,1758]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Brown, W. C. &amp; Alcala, A. C. (1978) Philippine lizards of the family Gekkonidae. Silliman University Natural Science Monographs, 1, 1 - 146." type="journal article" year="1978">Brown &amp; Alcala (1978)</bibRefCitation>
,
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88BEBF915FC03F3B5" box="[764,930,1734,1758]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mindorensis">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88BEBF915FC03F3B5" box="[764,930,1734,1758]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was in fact no longer distinguishable from
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88C93F915FF51F268" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikuchii">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88C93F915FF51F268" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the data on the latter species provided by
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88A3BF938FC69F269" author="Taylor" box="[812,968,1770,1794]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1919) New or rare Philippine reptiles. The Philippine Journal of Science, 14, 105 - 125." type="journal article" year="1919">Taylor (1919)</bibRefCitation>
, as is also obvious from
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. Crombie (in
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB889AAF8DDFEE0F24D" author="Bauer" box="[189,321,1806,1830]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Bauer, A. M. (1994) Gekkonidae (Reptilia, Sauria), Part I Australia and Oceania. Das Tierreich 109 (Part). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, XII + 306 pp." type="book" year="1994">Bauer 1994</bibRefCitation>
) thus had doubts on the distinct status of
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88A0FF8DDFC1EF24D" box="[792,959,1806,1830]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mindorensis">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88A0FF8DDFC1EF24D" box="[792,959,1806,1830]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and stated “probably a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88980F8E1FE9EF220" box="[151,319,1843,1867]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikuchii">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88980F8E1FE9EF220" box="[151,319,1843,1867]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Gekko kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.” Finally,
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Ferner
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88B10F8E6FDE1F220" box="[519,576,1843,1867]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
(2001)
</bibRefCitation>
and
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listed
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88ABAF8E1FBF5F220" box="[941,1108,1843,1867]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mindorensis">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88ABAF8E1FBF5F220" box="[941,1108,1843,1867]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88C0AF8E1FA34F220" box="[1309,1429,1843,1867]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikuchii">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88C0AF8E1FA34F220" box="[1309,1429,1843,1867]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, there might be differences in pattern between
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88A06F885FC28F205" box="[785,905,1878,1902]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikuchii">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88A06F885FC28F205" box="[785,905,1878,1902]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88AD6F885FBC9F205" box="[961,1128,1878,1902]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mindorensis">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88AD6F885FBC9F205" box="[961,1128,1878,1902]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Figures of different specimens of
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB889EEF8A9FED3F2F8" box="[249,370,1915,1939]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikuchii">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB889EEF8A9FED3F2F8" box="[249,370,1915,1939]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB8888FF8A8FDBBF2F9" author="Ota" box="[408,538,1914,1938]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Ota, H. (1989 b) A review of the geckos (Lacertilia: Reptilia) of the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan. In: Matsui, M. Hikida, T. &amp; Goris, R. C. (eds.), Current Herpetology in East Asia, Herpetological Society of Japan, Kyoto, pp. 222 - 261." type="book chapter" year="1989" yearSuffix="b">Ota (1989b</bibRefCitation>
, 1991),
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88B60F8A9FC99F2F9" box="[631,824,1914,1939]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Lue, K. Y., Tu, M. C. &amp; Shang, G. S. (1999) A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Taiwan. Society for Wildlife and Nature, Taipei, 343 pp." type="book">
Lue
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88BBDF8AEFD45F2F8" box="[682,740,1915,1939]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
(1999)
</bibRefCitation>
,
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, and
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB88D0AF8A8FAE5F2F9" author="Henkel" box="[1053,1348,1914,1938]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Henkel, F. W. &amp; Schmidt, W. (2003) Praxis Ratgeber Geckos. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 159 pp." type="book" year="2003">Henkel &amp; Schmidt (2003)</bibRefCitation>
show a brown ground coloration with a nearly identical dorsal pattern, consisting of two parallel dark brown pairs of blotches. In contrast, the ground coloration of
<taxonomicName id="569C408F8B1BFFB88BB1F811FCEFF2B0" box="[678,846,1987,2011]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mindorensis">
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1BFFB88BB1F811FCEFF2B0" box="[678,846,1987,2011]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
seems to be gray, with transverse rows (see
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1BFFB98C5CF810FF72F5C4" author="Gaulke" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="18" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Gaulke, M. (2003) Ubersicht der philippinischen Gecko-Fauna. Gekkota, 4, 3 - 24." type="journal article" year="2003">Gaulke 2003</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 8) or rows dissolved into four to six blotches each (see
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1AFFB98A6BFF45FBE8F5C4" author="Rosler" box="[892,1097,151,176]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" refString="Rosler, H., Siler, C. D., Brown, R. M., Demegillo, AD. &amp; Gaulke, M. (2006) Gekko ernstkelleri sp. n. - a new gekkonid lizard from Panay Island, Philippines. Salamandra, 42, 197 - 211." type="journal article" year="2006">
Rösler
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98ADBFF4BFBA4F5DB" box="[972,1029,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">et al.</emphasis>
2006
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: fig. 13). In addition, the light dorsal blotches in
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98872FF6FFDADF5BF" box="[357,524,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
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appear to be more distinct than in
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98A81FF6FFBAEF5BF" box="[918,1039,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
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. We must add that the detailed figures provided by
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most probably belong to a
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98A6EFF32FBB2F593" box="[889,1043,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Hemidactylus</emphasis>
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species (maybe
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98DD8FF33FAC1F593" box="[1231,1376,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">H. stejnegeri</emphasis>
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), but certainly not
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB9883AFED7FE07F477" box="[301,422,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
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. The synonymy of
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98B92FED7FC8CF477" box="[645,813,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
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with
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98A78FED7FC49F477" box="[879,1000,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
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is also contradicted on zoogeographic grounds. The amphibian and lizard fauna of Lanyu
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shows, according to
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and
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Ota
<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98C1CFEFBFAE2F42B" box="[1291,1347,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">et al.</emphasis>
(1988)
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, greater affinities to
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than to the
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, and
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98A05FE9FFC1AF40F" box="[786,955,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
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does not occur on the northern
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(e.g., Luzon, Batanes) that are closest to
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(
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1AFFB98A26FEBDFB97F4EC" author="Brown" box="[817,1078,367,391]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" refString="Brown, W. C. &amp; Alcala, A. C. (1970) The zoogeography of the herpetofauna of the Philippine Islands, a fringing archipelago. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4 (38), 105 - 130." type="journal article" year="1970">Brown &amp; Alcala 1970</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1AFFB98D52FEBDFB21F4EC" author="Alcala" box="[1093,1152,367,391]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" refString="Brown, W. C. &amp; Alcala, A. C. (1978) Philippine lizards of the family Gekkonidae. Silliman University Natural Science Monographs, 1, 1 - 146." type="journal article" year="1978">1978</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="F50D46FD8B1AFFB98D98FEBDFABCF4EC" author="Alcala" box="[1167,1309,367,391]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" refString="Alcala, A. C. (1986) Guide to Philippine flora and fauna. X. Reptiles. JMC Press Incorporated, Quezon, xiv + 195 pp." type="book" year="1986">Alcala 1986</bibRefCitation>
;
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).
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listed
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98BB4FE47FCBAF4C7" box="[675,795,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for Penghu Lieh-tao (Pescador
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), but the species is endemic to Lanyu
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(“Botel
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”) (see
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). Further taxonomic research is required on more specimens, especially of
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98864FE0FFE4BF49F" box="[371,490,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
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, to clarify whether
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98BD3FE0FFCCBF49F" box="[708,874,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. mindorensis</emphasis>
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is a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="A3E8E71E8B1AFFB98D67FE0FFB47F49F" box="[1136,1254,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. kikuchii</emphasis>
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, or whether two closely related cryptic species are involved.
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