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• 
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• 
<materialsCitation id="DABFED4DCD2031D8DE8CE733723102C1" collectingDate="2022-07-07" collectionCode="CIB" collectorName="Cheng Shen &amp; Li-Ming Chang &amp; Qun-De Zhang" country="China" county="Mangkang County" elevation="2400" latitude="29.758142" location="Zhubalong Village" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="99.005974" municipality="Changdu City" specimenCode="CIB 121656, CIB 121657" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-adult="1" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1" specimenCount-subadult="1" stateProvince="Xizang Autonomous Region" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="310CB6D694AF99D9894F5983B10CD635" count="1" type="male">One adult male</specimenCount>
: 
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<named-content id="C502DC98797FEF61F62AF0C8A745D7B9" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/chengdu-institute-biology-0" xlink_title="Chengdu Institute of Biology">CIB</named-content>
121656
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and 
<specimenCount id="80F341FA7FB5D5A69E01417729CC564A" count="1" type="female">one subadult female</specimenCount>
: 
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<named-content id="A4B69DE4FA47D6017D54C9E461B812B3" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/chengdu-institute-biology-0" xlink_title="Chengdu Institute of Biology">CIB</named-content>
121657
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(Fig. 
<figureCitation id="A7A8210C01CC4DEC35D39133F1442085" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Paratype (CIB 121657, subadult female) of Gekko alpinus sp. nov. A dorsal view of body B ventral view of body C dorsal view of head D ventral view of head E dorsal view of middle body F ventral view of precloacal region. Photos by S Ma." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.125043.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1155577">6</figureCitation>
) collected 
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<collectingDate id="38B6C4C7DDCC44AB0374D36BA49089A2" value="2022-07-07">7 July 2022</collectingDate>
</date>
(
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<geoCoordinate id="4FE3939E4E0CACCB751611773CF60BB2" degrees="29.758142" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="29.758142">29.758142 ° N</geoCoordinate>
, 
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; 
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<quantity id="D95A08506ED5A279B893CACCE099387A" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" unit="m" value="2400.0">2400 m</quantity>
a. s. l.
</elevation>
), from 
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, 
<collectingCounty id="C448D7EAA18F35FFFCC65B3AF0872E6D">Mangkang County</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="29083B54D8FD530B4D37E6D412843AFE">Changdu City</collectingMunicipality>
, 
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, 
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by 
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, 
<collectorName id="E560DEBCC594A2DFA2D08AAAB46A20A2">Li-Ming Chang</collectorName>
, and 
<collectorName id="DB67C1B3AFA55F597F7A16A218730B81">Qun-De Zhang</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="0585450CCF96A87356189CFC17D2539B" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1215.125043.figure4" ID-arpha="4EB47D14-6A9D-55EA-8FFE-E2D1A8823CB1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1155575" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="525A0F2AEFE97062C1F806E3FEBDBD6C">
<label id="85D02BE65DF5A1FDDF31D430B4708A46">Figure 4.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C9DB03DE4C93E3F439B734836C4C5390">
Holotype (
<named-content id="3BD97D9FBEFDC68D9E7D5F7573FAAC98" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/chengdu-institute-biology-0" xlink_title="Chengdu Institute of Biology">CIB</named-content>
121663, adult male) of 
<taxonomicName id="72EDAE44FEF950BF99DA518AEF72ADD9" authorityName="Ma &amp; Shi &amp; Shen &amp; Chang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F3077DE11183D3B0EDC8D76E24A900B3" italics="true">Gekko alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F44A6297E998DA0E20585617582C5B7C" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="32481D78DF48D43A529C9D150CB72D1C" bold="true">A</emphasis>
dorsal view of body 
<emphasis id="4AC99D3BE58E29473577497C4E593760" bold="true">B</emphasis>
ventral view of body. Photographs by S-C Shi.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="7EB4F6D7341B208C4A9370C1CF424EF1" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1215.125043.figure5" ID-arpha="2FECC5F6-8093-5E64-B224-416A7C0D8F86" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1155576" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="1941E976C966662CC049EF306C66DC92">
<label id="4F1C315E51BBA616B21510E05000303C">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EBD9CBD58122A60CE802FFE04ADB51C7">
Holotype (
<named-content id="68E0C8CAF5324B59C1406D5EE44F2E99" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/chengdu-institute-biology-0" xlink_title="Chengdu Institute of Biology">CIB</named-content>
121663, adult male) of 
<taxonomicName id="7265C6AEBB9929C1D9C006DB62A15698" authorityName="Ma &amp; Shi &amp; Shen &amp; Chang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="760F95B11FF21A93DE3C07D3AF8E24D2" italics="true">Gekko alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="EE7662B1A00D4DA60EC10A43DD365256" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="C574E8B1DDA0EAF497D0E80F1F95358D" bold="true">A</emphasis>
right lateral view of head 
<emphasis id="275000D9D4740ACEB2559B3DC8876E72" bold="true">B</emphasis>
dorsal view of head 
<emphasis id="EA714BB22D16243C70C6182ADE19BD8D" bold="true">C</emphasis>
ventral view of body 
<emphasis id="96342F3F42EE159EB2CC6269A2CC8AB4" bold="true">D</emphasis>
dorsal view of middle body 
<emphasis id="CCB589FD0D6F5FEBF73BCD4E1124A76B" bold="true">E</emphasis>
ventral view of precloacal region 
<emphasis id="4A7E22E6B8CB8A067CBFBEBC676FA789" bold="true">F</emphasis>
ventral view of left hand 
<emphasis id="80DF2B7C9CA8008C28692B4FA65D742C" bold="true">G</emphasis>
ventral view of left foot. Photographs by S-C Shi.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="B94C4F3678B84BE3296FE389DD72476F" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1215.125043.figure6" ID-arpha="2A521B21-D96F-57E6-AFA9-5EBCDAB2E7A8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1155577" startId="F6">
<paragraph id="321BFA909D5B81A2A2596CD1CC913B7B">
<label id="93765264CCAB55F97756181B5252D0B8">Figure 6.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C48DA75B60BC570686456695FAD94F47">
Paratype (
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121657, subadult female) of 
<taxonomicName id="2703605F717046263F7971AD0D71D369" authorityName="Ma &amp; Shi &amp; Shen &amp; Chang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="DAD821531293D0B21BEA042CC4785655" italics="true">Gekko alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="5A56BA9C709E09822058B8B939D5CC88" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="45DA3C975786E57C13FB9135F1FFEBE1" bold="true">A</emphasis>
dorsal view of body 
<emphasis id="42030A83D57769FD9E13300CCA85AEAB" bold="true">B</emphasis>
ventral view of body 
<emphasis id="792B6C7D5D6E8F240061141F0E358F94" bold="true">C</emphasis>
dorsal view of head 
<emphasis id="C9C1085737BFB4F99EEE80856DDED71A" bold="true">D</emphasis>
ventral view of head 
<emphasis id="F9D21D839A8B654C8C681BE4E8FCE778" bold="true">E</emphasis>
dorsal view of middle body 
<emphasis id="7C90314AF330AF4483F99468CA4D5344" bold="true">F</emphasis>
ventral view of precloacal region. Photos by S Ma.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EFPFK" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="E37DD3DFE8032AD618C3BE25A02B3A44">
<heading id="296A0B57E0B452EBFD272C5FAFC6DCFA" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="35A2CF024490C9497F9708AD9811A34D">
(1) body size moderate, 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELPFK" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
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in adults; (2) head relatively narrow, 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPPFK" xlink_title="head width">HW</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETPFK" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
0.51–0.79; (3) midbody scale rows 92–114, 
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males and 
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females; (4) interorbital scales between anterior corners of the eyes 22–28; (5) ventral scale rows 32–39; (6) tubercles present on dorsal body, forelimbs, hindlimbs and tails; (7) precloacal pores 
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males and absent in the females; (8) subdigital lamellae on first finger 8–11, on fourth finger 12–14, on first toe 8–11, on fourth toe 12–15, no webbing between the fingers and toes; (9) ventral scales between mental and cloacal slit 158–189; (10) nares in contact with rostral; (11) postcloacal tubercles one or two; (12) dorsal surface of body with six or seven large dark taupe bands between nape and sacrum.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EXPFK" type="description">
<paragraph id="57F7DA43F92B6A07205ADC7ECAC44A51">
<heading id="C6E4416C83602DD0C37B8A2963A60C8D" reason="title">
Description of 
<typeStatus id="7E7A8D7624542E854C703B4F3D61922D" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="256E82D2FE98020DFC371C1A31265F7A">
(Figs 
<figureCitation id="89703AF1D107EA39476435804D1625F8" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Principal component analysis performed for Gekko alpinus sp. nov. and G. jinjiangensis based on 12 commonly used morphological traits (except SVL, Tal, FIL, HIL). Numbers inside the brackets indicate the percentages of the total variance explained by each axis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.125043.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1155574">3</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="76347935595F91150F1C09353CCB5A47" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Holotype (CIB 121663, adult male) of Gekko alpinus sp. nov. A dorsal view of body B ventral view of body. Photographs by S-C Shi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.125043.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1155575">4</figureCitation>
) An adult male, moderate size, 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFQFK" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
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; body slender and trunk relatively elongate (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJQFK" xlink_title="axilla-groin distance">AGD</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENQFK" xlink_title="snout-vent length">
<collectionCode id="93D47075AA5ED16011B4771C4F7A4A8D">SVL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
0.37); tail little broken at end, 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERQFK" xlink_title="tail length">TaL</abbrev>
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, slightly shorter than 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVQFK" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8EFE8E1024376F17661603C545BC22F9">
Head depressed (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2QFK" xlink_title="head height">HH</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6QFK" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
0.37), length longer than width (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDRFK" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHRFK" xlink_title="head width">
<collectionCode id="9022B873456924E5CAF843AA63B874E0">HW</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
), distinct from neck. Snout rounded at top, elongate (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELRFK" xlink_title="snout length">SL</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPRFK" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
0.41 / 0.42), larger than eye (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETRFK" xlink_title="snout length">SL</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXRFK" xlink_title="maximum eye diameter">
<collectionCode id="3098984B21911B7D3F73EC0493BB31C9">ED</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
1.75 / 1.80); rostral irregular polygon, wider than high (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2RFK" xlink_title="maximum rostral width">RW</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6RFK" xlink_title="maximum rostral height">
<collectionCode id="27F73792BC16AEF2C49E6A23B183747C">RH</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
1.74) and slightly narrower than mental (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDSFK" xlink_title="maximum rostral width">RW</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHSFK" xlink_title="maximum mental width">
<collectionCode id="9331B80E3F10111DA778B973091B9733" country="Netherlands" name="Museum Wasmann">MW</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
0.95); rostral groove absent; rostral in contact with nostril, first supralabial and nasorostral; nares oval, touching rostral, first supralabial three nasals (nasorostral, supranasal, postnasal); one small internasal; snout region medially concave; preorbitals 12 / 12, preorbital region deeply concave; eye large (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELSFK" xlink_title="maximum eye diameter">
<collectionCode id="CA0835ED33CA7A3C4D598B3534E3CB18">ED</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPSFK" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
0.24 / 0.23), pupil vertical with crenulated margins; interorbital scales between anterior corners of eyes 27; ear opening oval, obliquely oriented, much smaller than eye (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETSFK" xlink_title="maximum ear opening diameter">
<collectionCode id="2C18F20C0D4B434AF0AEACD436FD37B3">EOD</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXSFK" xlink_title="maximum eye diameter">
<collectionCode id="AE63A3900F9592C5F401CD018C2AF067">ED</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 0.27 / 0.26); mental pentagon, width more than length (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2SFK" xlink_title="maximum mental width">
<collectionCode id="1383398C243879ADF880FAA3E3232DA5" country="Netherlands" name="Museum Wasmann">MW</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/ 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6SFK" xlink_title="maximum mental length">
<collectionCode id="97153D17A15AD2D01C169C47ADC14525" country="France" name="Musee de Lectoure">ML</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 0.73); two enlarged postmentals, hexagonal, twice as long as wide; postmentals in contact with mental and first infralabials anteriorly and five gular scales posteriorly; supralabials 11 / 11; infralabials 10 / 10; tubercles absent on dorsal head, granulars on anteriodorsal head larger than those on posterior.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BBA048A12B4E443ADC7086D5FF80DA60">Dorsal scales on body smooth, round or oval, granular, juxtaposed; dorsal tubercles 3–4 times the size of dorsal scales, smooth, round to oval, convex, surrounded by 8–10 dorsal scales; dorsal tubercles extending from occiput region to base of tail; tubercles in 15 regular rows at midbody; ventrolateral fold weakly developed, without tubercles; ventrals distinctly larger than dorsal scales, smooth, imbricate and largest in middle of belly; ventral scale rows at midbody 33; scale rows around mid-body 114; ventral scales in a row between mental and cloacal slit 165; precloacal scales enlarged, but no enlarged scales on thighs; precloacal pores seven, in a continuous row.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="380EBE127F860C6890EFE629A2B81967">
Forelimbs and hindlimbs well developed, tubercles on fore and hind limbs are present, moderately long, slender; forearm and tibia moderately long, forearm shorter than tibia; digits moderately expanded, both first finger and first toe, clawless, others remaining digits clawed; webbing on fingers and toes absent; subdigital lamellae unnotched and undivided: 10 / 10-9 / 10 - 11 / 10 - 13 / 13 - 11 / 11 (manus) and 11 / 10-11 / 10 - 12 / 12 - 15 / 14 - 13 / 13 (pes). Relative length of fingers: IV&gt; III&gt; 
<collectionCode id="D8149617F343C6CB67A1A2608F7BF4A9" country="Canada" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13946" name="Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium" type="Museum">V</collectionCode>
&gt; II&gt; I; relative length of toes: IV&gt; III&gt; 
<collectionCode id="5005F8E98FF6A4532B7ECF14DBE6F6E5" country="Canada" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13946" name="Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium" type="Museum">V</collectionCode>
&gt; II&gt; I.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="491BECBC52DA2779D24857C556347D73">
Tail oval in section, swollen at base, gradually tapering; postcloacal tubercle 1 / 1, obviously large on tail base side; dorsal scales small, flat, smooth, with dorsal tubercles at the tail base dorsum; ventral scales much larger than dorsal, smooth, and imbricated, with enlarged subcaudal plates arranged into a longitudinal row formed ~ 1 / 6 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHTFK" xlink_title="tail length">TaL</abbrev>
distance from the cloaca.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ELTFK" type="Coloration of holotype in life">
<paragraph id="8431C38013223D76BE4FF12A117935EE">
<heading id="9BB7F8698EBF6F0ED00FA10A01135019" reason="title">
Coloration of 
<typeStatus id="01530134315FD9538BE98752B450188E" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
in life.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6DCD9B69C6ABCC28A7873D4945732DDF">
(Figs 
<figureCitation id="9E78DED72926AC5E33C126113B585F74" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Holotype (CIB 121663, adult male) of Gekko alpinus sp. nov. A dorsal view of body B ventral view of body. Photographs by S-C Shi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.125043.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1155575">4</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="5F6FF815D0500A26834415814FFB01FA" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Holotype (CIB 121663, adult male) of Gekko alpinus sp. nov. A right lateral view of head B dorsal view of head C ventral view of body D dorsal view of middle body E ventral view of precloacal region F ventral view of left hand G ventral view of left foot. Photographs by S-C Shi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.125043.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1155576">5</figureCitation>
). Dorsal surfaces of head, neck and body dark taupe, irregularly scattered with some pale grey threads or blotches, alternatively ornamented with eight large pale grey and seven dark taupe wide bands from neck to the sacrum; an indistinct pale-colored vertebral line is present from the nape to the tail base; dorsal surfaces of limbs, also dark taupe, mottled with small and pale blotches; dorsal tail dark taupe, alternatively ornamented with nine large pale grey and nine larger dark taupe bands, mottled at the ends; ventral skin creamy white, mosaiced with small taupe pigments.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EZTFK" type="Coloration of holotype in preservative">
<paragraph id="6E8E971616B38AB95FAC58B841C96ADF">
<heading id="C1A699BC23F72D0F1768EEDC72C5FF3F" reason="title">
Coloration of 
<typeStatus id="6D30413BEE6879A8E58EA77095843F01" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
in preservative.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="95C3E2A05BF40C30AC92C14248AA1C25">The coloration pattern of the specimen mostly faded. Dorsal surfaces of head, neck, and body black taupe, but compared to the living status, much wider body area irregularly creamy white, and still alternatively ornamented with eight large creamy white and seven black taupe wide bands from neck to the sacrum. A creamy white vertebral line extends from the nape to the tail terminal; dorsal surfaces of limbs creamy white, mottled with small taupe blotches; dorsal tail dark taupe, alternatively decorated with nine large creamy white and nine larger taupe bands, and mottled towards the end. Ventral skin creamy white, mosaicked with small taupe pigments, though some areas turned creamy yellow due to prolonged alcohol storage.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E5TFK" type="variation">
<paragraph id="9326E3E79A837BD312F33CCCD4C4576B">
<heading id="334EB79D127B2BF003AC1BC9BE2DE574" reason="title">Variation.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="297D70F531D061BDD28DE8421270DE16">
All 
<typeStatus id="DC11DD538027723A47C3DB97EE7C4362" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
are very similar to the 
<typeStatus id="41AF97945303D12A1AA0C55FB3A56EAF" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
. Variation of the mensural characters and meristic features among individuals of the type series are presented in Table 
<tableCitation id="B8FB9EAF016191A12BEC7DC5DF042BC0" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="T4" captionText="Table 4. The measurements (in mm) and meristic characters of the type series of Gekko alpinus sp. nov. (“ H / P ” = holotype and paratype respectively; “ F / M ” = the gender female and male respectively; “ # ” = subadult; “ * ” = the length of regenerated tail; “ - ” = data unavailable; “ + ” = tail is broken)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/BB84620FB52849C5F67610A1AB3B671B" tableUuid="BB84620FB52849C5F67610A1AB3B671B">4</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EIUFK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="3E7AE6729D965F3983E469226AD55B42">
<heading id="700F97051DFCBE14B5D566A0D7574900" reason="title">Distribution and habits.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="661156976D724C5D25FF1071D96D87CD">
<taxonomicName id="6A80BCD546F944285E364A2F96B2E726" authorityName="Ma &amp; Shi &amp; Shen &amp; Chang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="2FBD87FC06C6ACF86117BC2A539B67B0" italics="true">Gekko alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1A6BD46BC4BC36C72CB3EC312AB6385A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is currently known only from the Jinsha River Basin between the border of Mangkang County, 
<collectingRegion id="85985DEA0020EC0E1CB747F6CCF1A27C" country="China" name="Xizang">Xizang</collectingRegion>
Autonomous Region and Batang County, 
<collectingRegion id="B8A3978A6718CAF7DB4DF2B604F118C2" country="China" name="Sichuan">Sichuan Province</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry id="B87222C7833418BC42396A854D88D753" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
, at elevations ranging from 2400 to 2542 meters above sea level. This new species is nocturnal and inhabits shrubs or dry rocky cliffs in the arid Jinsha River valley, as well as on building walls (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="8EAF944F786E24B2708AF26A463AABCC" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Habitats of Gekko alpinus sp. nov. A macrohabitat: Jinsha River dry-hot valley in Zhubalong Village at the border between Batang County, Sichuan Province and Mangkang County, Xizang Autonomous Region B microhabitat: house walls C one individual found on the dry rocky cliffs D one individual found in the rock crevices on cliff E one individual found on a house wall. Photos by S-C Shi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.125043.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1155578">7</figureCitation>
). Ants, discovered in the gut of 
<specimenCount id="F46E4401AB5863EAE7D06A72F75F1AEE" count="1" type="generic">one specimen</specimenCount>
, are among the recorded food choices of this species.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="084724F43345784E66493C30BB02F1A7">
<label id="0AF17796C293C4B92AFEC5DB8B700607">Figure 7.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9D32CF974FE4FE3AE5C42FD6A16E3F29">
Habitats of 
<taxonomicName id="6014EFC5FEA478B45BAC2FA266155936" authorityName="Ma &amp; Shi &amp; Shen &amp; Chang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="288C9611D19654B0809DFB996D8132CF" italics="true">Gekko alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9FB302A9163E3590A1CC176BB52FBF09" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="D79DD38FA58C62A42E09593EEB6CAE95" bold="true">A</emphasis>
macrohabitat: Jinsha River dry-hot valley in Zhubalong Village at the border between Batang County, Sichuan Province and Mangkang County, Xizang Autonomous Region 
<emphasis id="610C4AE17C8CF4FAB671F0AF175B7EA8" bold="true">B</emphasis>
microhabitat: house walls 
<emphasis id="10B66E8D3166D6DF44CB6CB9E346D278" bold="true">C</emphasis>
one individual found on the dry rocky cliffs 
<emphasis id="9C0E9E6C5637BE09767FCCCBDD9A9460" bold="true">D</emphasis>
one individual found in the rock crevices on cliff 
<emphasis id="EFAA79AE2803AB6661A98DA27C48BA39" bold="true">E</emphasis>
one individual found on a house wall. Photos by S-C Shi.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E6VFK" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="5FD99848803D9BA0ABBB8D8330235BA1">
<heading id="EA641C19FF950EFEFBAB2ED8E6C35B3A" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DA0FA806495E0BFEC58DBB7E0D8A34B5">
The specific name 
<taxonomicName id="AA3E84C197823E0BCED0ECD20F37ADEF" authorityName="Ma &amp; Shi &amp; Shen &amp; Chang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus">
<emphasis id="4F2B08BC5FF1803066939C506FC7BC92" italics="true">alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is derived from Latin, 
<taxonomicName id="DCB151B48152744053BBF99340ADC0A1" authorityName="Ma &amp; Shi &amp; Shen &amp; Chang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpinus">
<emphasis id="A46CC961FE00A771A9F0AC92AD562329" italics="true">alpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, - a, - um, meaning from 
<emphasis id="495D2F957BCEFFEE06EA9BBF837C4B18" italics="true">Alpēs</emphasis>
(“ the Alps ”) + - 
<emphasis id="184A57113731AC75FC3141F7DCDF1783" italics="true">īnus</emphasis>
, of or pertaining to the Alps, alpine. This refers to the “ great high mountains ”, referring to not only its distribution range in the great high Hengduan Mountains, but also the highest distribution elevation for all currently known 
<taxonomicName id="2636C7DF46564BB22C21C4D3F547FD82" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Japonigekko">
<emphasis id="1664E65C1A6C5B6E9F70A280EF1652FA" italics="true">Japonigekko</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species. The suggested common English name is “ Alpine Gecko ” and the Chinese name is “ 高山壁虎 ” (Gāo Shān Bì Hŭ).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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